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ALMANACK, 

FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 

1845: 

Being the First after Leap Year; 

CONTAINING 365 DAYS, * 

And after the ith of July, the sixty-ninth of American Independence. 
ARKANGBD AFTER THS SYSTI!!^ OF THS 6BRM;AN CALZr^DARS. 

CONTAINING 

The Rising, Setting, and Eclipses of the Sun and Moon; the Phases, Signs, 
and Southings of the Moon; the Aspects of the Planets, with the Rising, 
Setting, and Southing of the most conspicuous Planot« and fixed Stars; 
the times of High Water at Philadelphia; the Equation of Time, and oiher 
Miscellanies, &c. &c. 

CAREFULLY CALCULATED 
FOR THE LATITUDE AND MERIDIAN OF PHILADELPHIA, 

BY 

SETH SMITH. 

THE CALCULATION OF THIS" ALMANACK IS MADE TO MOON OR CLOCK TIME, EXCEPT 

THE RISING AND «ETTING OF I'HE SL'N. WHICH ARE FOR 

SOLAR OR APPARENT TIME. 



FHILADELFHIA: 

DESILVER & MUIR, No. 18 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. 

PRINTED BY KING & BAIRD, 9 GEORGE STREET. 



Explanation of Charac'crs in /his Almanack. -^^OO 

)on. s^ First Quarter. ^^ Full Moon. \J£^ Last Quarter. 

The Twelve Coxstellatioxs in the Zodiac. 
^ Aries, or Ram. I ^^ Leo, the lion. | ^ Sagittarius, or bowman. 

(^^ Taurus, or bull. .|^ Virp:o, or vir?:in. i;^ Cupricornus, or jijoat. 

Jf^. Gemini, or twins. -^ Libra, or balance. ,^ Aquarius, or waterman. 
>-fe Cancer, orcrab-fisb.lcii^ Scorpio, orscorpion. jiSSJ Pisces, the fishes. 

The Planets and their Qualities. 



•b Saturn, cold, dry. 
2\. Jupiter, warm, moist. 
<f Mars, hot, dry. 
O Sun, fiery, dry. ^ 



$ Venus, moist, warm. 
^ Mercury, warm, dry. 
J) Moon, cold, moist, chanj^ing. 
]^I Herschel, hot, dry, moist, changin; 



> Aspects and other Characters. 

Conjunction c/l Sextile * Moon inapo. orperiojee 2) ' Dragon's head^(^ 

Opposition cf I Moon's ascen. ^ h. and m. hours and min. Seven stars 1* 
Trine A 1 Moon's desc. n Semi Sextile ss. ; Earth 

Quiulile D ■ Good cupping g i 

Chronological Cycles. 
Dominical Letters E Roman Tndiction ^ 

Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number '> .Tulian Period 6558 

Enact- 22 The Jewish Era com. Oct. 2 with 5606 

Solar Cycle 6 |TheMoham. Erabcg. Jan. 10withl2Gl 

MOVExVBLE FEASTS. 



19 
2 
4 
5 
9 



1 

11 
18 
22 

BO 
27 



Septuagesima Sunday Jan. 

Quinqua. or Shrove Sun. Feb. 
Shrove Tuesday Feb. 

Ash Wed. or Istday of Lent Feb. 
Quadragesima, 1st S. in L. Feb. 
Palm Sunday March 16 

Good Friday March 21 

Easter Sunday Marcii 23 

E.MBER Days. 
^he 12th of February, the 1 Ith of May, the 17th of Sep. and 17th of Dec. 

CARDINAL POINTS. 

rnal Equinox, the 2()th March, 12 o'clock, 44 min., in the altonioon. 

mmcr Solstice, the 2 1st June, " 42 " " mormng. 

tumnal Equinox, the 22d Sept. 11 " ^^2^ " I' afternoon. 

inter Solstice, the 21st Dec. 5 *' 2o " 



Low Sunday March 30 

Rogation Sunday A|)ril 27 
Ascen. Day, or Iloly Thurs. May 

Whit.ShJiday Mi>y 

Trinityr Sunday May 

Corpus Ciu-isti ISlay 

Advent Sunday Nov. 
Sundays after Trinity 



Solar and Lunar Eclipses, &c. for the Year 1845. 

Thpro will be two Eclipses of the Sun, two of the Moon, and a transit of Mrrrury. 

1. An annular Eclipse of the Sun, May 6lh, at 5 o'clock in the morning — invisible here. 

la. A Transit of Metcury, May 8lh— the Contacts will be : 
, First Contact, or beginning, 11 o'clock, 19 min., in the morning. 

t Last " or end, 5 " 48 " " 

3. A total Eclipse of the Moon, May 21st, at 10 o'clock, 48 min., in the morning— in»i«ibU. 

4. An annular Eclipse of the Sun, October 30lh, at 7 o'clock, 12 min., afternoon— invisible. 
r-'6. A partial Eclipse of the Moon, Nov. 13th : 

Bpj^inning 6 o'clock, 9h minutes, in the evening. 
Middle 7 " 48i " 
tv. End 9 « 27^ « 

Digits eclipsed 1 1 on the Northern limb. 



A TALE OF A TURKEY. 
As a certain learned Judge, in Mexico, sometime since 
walked one morning into Court, he thought he would exam- 
ine whether he was in lime for business ; and, feelmg for his 
repealer, found it was not in his pocket. 

'• As usual," said he to a frieud who accompanied him, as 
he passed through the crowil near the door — " As usual, I 
have as^ain left my watch at home under my pillow." 

He went on the bench and thought no more of it. The 
Court adjourned and he returned home. As soon as he was 
quietly seated in his parlor, he bethought him of his time- 
piece, and turning to bis wife, requested her to send for it to 
their chamber. 

" But, my dear Judge," said she, " I sent it to you three 
hours ago !" 

"Sent it to me, my dear? Certainly not." 
" Unquestionably," replied the lady, " and by the person 
you sent for it .''' 

"The person fsent for it!" echoed the Judge. 
"Precisely, my dear, //je I'ery person you sent for it! 
You had not left home more than an hour, when a well- 
dressed man knocked at tl e door and asked to see me. He 
brought one of the very finest turkics I ever saw ; and said, 
that on your way to Court you met an Indian with a num- 
ber of fowU, and havirig bought this one, quite a bargain, 
you had given him a couple of reals to bring it home ; with 
the request that I would have it killed, picked, and put to 
cool, as you intended to invite your brother Judges to a dish 
of mol/e with you to-morrow. And, ' Oh ! by the way, 
Senorita,' said he, ' his excellency, the Judge, requested me 
to ask you to give yourself the trouble to go to your cham- 
ber and lake his watch from under the pillow, where he says 
he left it, as usunl, this morning, and send it to him by me.' 
And, of course, mi f/iierijo, I did so." 
" Vou didl" said ihe Judge. 
" t'l-rtainly," said the lady. 

" Well," replied his Honor, " all I can sav to you, my 
dear, is, that you are as great a n-w.ie, as the bird is a turkey. 
You've been robbed, madam; — the man was a thief; — I 
never sent for my watch ; — you've been imposed on ; — and, 
as a necessary consequence, the confounded watch lost for- 
ever I" 

A2 



The trick wa« a cunning one ; and after a laugh, and the 
restora'ion of the Judge's good humor by a good dinner, it 
was resolved actually to have the turkey for to-morrow's 
dinner, and his Honor's brothers of the bench to enjoy so 
dear a morsel. 

Accordingly, after the adjournment of Court next i»j, 
they all repaired to his dwelling, with appetites sharpened 
by the e.\"[)ectalion of a rare repast. 

Scarcely had they entered the sala and exchanged tha 
ordinary saluiaii""*, when the lady broke forth with con- 
gratulations to his Honu. 'ipon the recovery of the alolea 
watch ! 

" How happy am L" exclaimed she, " u. ' the Tillain 
was apprehended!" 

" Apprehended !" said the Judge, with surprise. 

" Yes ; and doubtless convicted, too, by this lime," said 
his wife. 

" You are always talking riddles," replied he, " Explain 
yourself, my dear. I know nothing of thief, watch, or coa 
viction." 

" It can't be possible that I have been again ieceive(\," 
quolh the lady, " but this is the story :" 

" .\bout one o'clock to-day, a pale, and rather interesting 
young gentleman, dressed in a seedy suit of black, came lo 
the house in great haste — almost out of breath. He »aid 
that he was just from Court ; that he was one of the clerks ; 
tint the great villain who had had the audacity to steal your 
Honor's watch had just been arrested ; that the evidrnce 
was nearly perfect t» convict him ; and all ihat was requir«4 
lo complete it was • ihe turlcer/,' which must be brought 
into Court, and for that he had been sent with a porter by 
your express orders." 

" .\nd you gave it to him 1" 

"Of course I did — who could have doubled him, or re- 
sisted the orders of a Jud^e .'" 

" Watch — and turkey— both gone— pray, what the devil 
madam, are we to do for a dinner !" — Branlz Mat/er't 
Mexico. 



AViger^^i 



them as 



nge arc your bittere«t enemiei. Shun 
would the approach of an unchained tiger. 



The First Mcntli, or JAXUARY— 1845, 



Daijs. 



.iiLinui nuutc 



Days. 



Hiirli 

ff'ater. 



Moon 



Moon's 
Sisns. 



\Asprr.ts of Plnncts ^' 
I otiier jJiscel/unies. 



B i ] Sun 



Wed 

Thur 

Frid 

Sutur 



1 New Year 

2 Abel, Setli 

3 Enoch 

4 Methusalem 



6 


521 


7 


51. 


9 


16| 


10 


44 



mornij^ 12 
12 581:7^26 

2 Gc^ 10 

3 17^24 



1st, ^in^ 
^ stationary 

$ rises 4 58 

c/ (?^ D 2j. sets 10 19 



4|7 2r3:4 37 
5!7 23,1. 37 
57 234 37! 
5 7 2J4 38 



Moon \_. y 
ioutlt. ,-a 

~5^7 20 

6 3021 

7 23 20 

8 2123 



Sund 

Mond 

Tues 

Wed 

Thur 

Frid 

Satur 



Sunday 



Day's length 9 hours 16 minutes. 



5 Simon 

6 Epiphany 

7 Isador 

8 Erhard 

9 Julian 

10 Paul's imp. 

1 1 Euaene 



11 

12 

1 

2 

3 
3 
4 



571 
57 
471 
33! 

52| 
31i 



4 2Qm 9 

5 32;#)24 

6 31 i^^ 9 

sets i.'^ 24 
G 57 fA 9 
S 9 fh 23 
9 16;3£ 7 



^ in pcriliclion 
j) in perigee 
•dl^Aldeb. s. 9 8 

f rises 3 9 
Sirius s. 11 5 



22 4 
214 
214 
204 
194 
184 



38 
30 
39 
40 
41 
42 



184 42 



9 2121. 

10 2425 

11 2726 

12 2827 

1 2G28 

2 20|29 

3 10130 



2.) 1st Sunday after Epipliany. 



Luke 2. 



Day's lenjrih 9 hours 26 minutes 



Sund ,'12 Ilinehold 
I^'Iond 13 Hilary 
Tues 'l4 Felix 
AVed ' >ivjaurice 
Thur 4G Marcellus 
Frid \l Anthony 



840 20^3£21|c/2j.]) 



9,7 17 4 43 3 58 31 



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11 25! j^ 4|Arcturus r. 11 15 

6 37' morn'^ 17 Pro. s. 11 4G 

7 32 12 25 :H5^ 29,^Atair 7 7 

8 42| 1 25|^ 11 slf^sr. H.L.N. 

9 58! 2 23j,,i^23u sets 10 8 
Satur 18 Franklihbo.il 5; 3 18i,fX. 5iFomal s. G 49 ,f^ 



9 7 17 4 43, 
10 7 16 4 44! 
107 154 45| 
10i7 14 4 46i 
11,7 14 4 46i 
117 13-4 47i 



45i 

30' 



6 15 

7 2; 



49 

37 



3.) Soptuagesima Sunday. 


Matt. 20. Day's length 9 hours 36 minute?. 


Sund 49 Sara 


morn 


4 10 


^17 ]) in apogee U 


11:7 12:4 48! 9 25\ 7 


Mond 20 F. Sebastian 


12 2 


4 58 


^2d Spica sets 11 49 


12 7 ll'l 49 10 13| 8 


Tues 21 Aj^nes 


12 48 


5 41 


'"^11 1) sets 5 36 


12,7 104 5041 2; 9 


Wed 22 Vincent 


1 28 


6 22 


•-4< 23 $ rises 5 'i^ 


12 7 91 51 11 50 10 


Thur 23 Emercnth 


2 4 


G 57 


^ 5 fi~>\1-'s s. 7 15 


12,7 8,4 52 morn 11 


Frid '24 Timothy 


2 39 


rises 


ceCn^^Polhixs.118 


13 7 74 3312 SG 12 


Satur ,25 Paul's conv. 


3 11 7 37 


^ Aid. s. 7 57 


13|7 64 54 1 21113 



4.) Sexajrosima Sunday. 



Luke 8. 



Day's length 9 hours 50 minutes. 



Sund 126 Polycarpus i 3 43} 8 40<^ 13 j 13|7 5'4 55j 2 614 

AIond27 F.Chrysost.' 4 16j 9 43^26 Rcgulus rises 6 3113,7 4 4 561 2 51 15 

^^lcs '28 Charles ! 4 52 10 50:;?3 9 ^ ris. 2 50 ,137 4!4 5G| 3 38 16 

Wed 29 Valerius 5 3111 55^22 c/li Q ''^'^i'^ '^l^ ^''i -^ ^'' ^^ 

"" ir 30 Adelgunda 6 23imornc^ 6 /^ $ rises 5 44 14 7 1:4 59_ 5 17 18 

d .31 Vir-il i 7 27! 1^2.c^20;vJ|^ Sirius s. 9 41,11 7 5 0) 6 11.19 

...'#♦ 

urn is in conjunction with the Sun on tho 39tl), and rises and sets willi it. 



Has 31 Days. 



MOON'.S PHASES. 

Last quarter the 1st, at 10 o'clock 20 minutes, in v 
the niuniiii<r, 

Anu Muun Ike dth, al 2 o'clock 13 minutes, in Ike 
murning. * 

First Quarter tke I5tk, at 3 o'clock 50 minutes, in 
Uic morning. / 

Full Moan the 23d, at d o'clock 19 minutes, in the ' 
morning. 

Last qiinrtcr the 30//i, at 8 o'clock 55 minutes, in 
the afternoon. 



WHIG PRINCIPLES. 

Ashland, I3lh September, 1842. 
Dear Sin : 

I received your favor communicatinfr the patriotic pur- 
poses uiid views of the young men of Piiiladelpiiia ; and 
I t.ike pleasure, in compliance with your recjuest, in 
stating some of the principal objects which, I suppose, 
eng.ifje the common desir-.^, and the common exorliong 
of liie Whig parly, to bring about, in the Government 
of the Unilotl Slates. These are: 

A sound N.itional Currency, regulated by the will and 
authority of the Nation. 

An adequate Revenue, with fair protection to Ameri- 
can industry. 

Just restraints on the Executive Power, embracing a 
further resUiction on ihc exercise of the Veto. 

A faithful adininislrati'jn of the Public Domain, with 
an equitable distribution of the proceeds of sales of it 
among all the States. 

An hrinest and economical administration of the Gene- 
ral (iovcrninent, leaving public otficers perfect freedom 
of thought and of the right of sntfrage : but with suita- 
ble restraints against improper interference in elections. 

An amendment of the Constitution, limiting the in- 
cumbent of the Presidential otfrie to a single term. 

Tliese objects attained, 1 think tiiit we should cease 
to be atHicted witli bid administrations of the Govcrn- 
incnU I am, respect fully, 

Your friend and obedient servant, 

H. CLAY. 

Mr. Jacob Strattan. 

HENRY CLAY. 

In revolutionary d.ly^■, when the affairs of the whole 
C'vinlry were enshrouded in ihe deepest gloom, all the 
true lovers of their country looked up to Washington, 
as the saviour nf his fellow-cou:Urytncn. It needed not 
the petty machinery of cabals to convince the people, 
til it the (n in best quililied for the emergency was Wash- 
ington. Public opinion, free, untrammelled public opin- 
ion, by its resistless impulses, bore the great and the 
good ciii ftain into his appropriate place. In this, as in 
all tithcr c is^s, the correctness of public opinion was 
plainly manifested. 

Atler the trumpet had ceased to sound — when pence 
was smiling all arjuud— this same public opinion called 




on Washington to leave the qoict of domestic life C%i 
the turmoil and responsibilitios rf.r^'^l : » » ..e Chair. 
The ravages r.*".» 't,.-.|j ,c |.„..c. ..Lie visible through 
the whole e.vieni of the land. As a natural consequence 
of the state of affairs through which the country had 
just passed, agriculture had bern roglectcd— Ihe rom- 
nierce of the country, little as it had been, was almost 
prostrated — the mechanical arts had, of necessity, bcea 
overlooked — farms, workshops, and all else, had been 
emptied, to make up armies — dejection brooded over 
every countenance, and despair was not far off, and it 
needed just such a man as Washington Io bring out 
from the heterogeneous mass, tnc elements of future 
national prosperity and glorv. 

VVe not oidy see, but in the most poignant way feel, 
the present condition of our country. It is suffering 
under a prostration, occasioned by a series of the most 
ferocious attacks on her commerce, agriculture, mechanic 
arts, manufactures, and currency, 'i'he merchants arr, 
in many instances, beggared, for commerce has bi'en 
crippled. The hardy sons of the soil, the honest, brown- 
hinded farmers, have no inducements to cultivate inucli 
beyond what is in demand for their own immcdiute nso. 
In the workshops of the artisan, undisturbed cobwebs 
arc found festooning the instruments of former industry. 
"The sound of the shuttle" is scarcely heard in the land, 
and the currency of llie day is beyond reach and below 
contempt. The professions are poorly paid, or not at all. 
ICach man looks upon his neighbor, and seems to be ask- 
iiiir, when shall ihi.-; soul desponding state of things end ? 

It is in tliis condition of our affiirs, so similar to iho 
times which preceded and folTiwcd the American Revo- 
lution, that every eye is turned towards the great, the 
good, the patriotic Cuv. In every patriotic hcail, he 
lias received a nomination for the office which, once 
being filled by a Washington, was the moms of rescu- 
ing the country from the demon-like allarlis of political 
anarchist;!. It must be peculiarly fjratitying to Henry 
Clay that, in this trying hour of his country, in this ex- 
trcnie emergency, when all hearts seem to tail and vvhen 
trembling has come upon her stoutest men, he is, almost 
simultaneously, by the people of this wide spread 
regarded as the onlij man who can rescue it fro 
awful position in which it his been placed by the 
less doings of heartless diina!:ogiies. 

• Hkniit (."ivy now stands before the American | 
proiidly^eet. His very name is enshrined in the 
pie's '• iicart of hearts." Tliey know, jmlging froi 



8 



The Second Month, or February — 1845, 



IVeek 
Days. 

Saturl 



liemarkable ^ay«\frafpr.\R. l^S. 



MoorVs\Aspects of Planets ^•\%i\ Sun \ Moon :^ 
Sisrna. I other Miscellanies. \^-f.irisPS S,- sets.\ south. ^■ 



1 Bridget 



5.) Qiiinquagestma Sunday. 

Sund t 2 Candlemas 10 28 

-Mond 3 Blasius 11 47 

Tucs i 4 Shrove Tue. 12 46 

Wed I 5 AshWedn'y 1 3i 

.Thur I 6 Dorathy 2 IG 

Frid , ' '" '^-'rH 2 54 

Satur: 8 Soloiiioii '3 iZ 



8 13| 2 11|^ 4|^,$ris.5 47d'^3)|14!6 5915 11 7 10120 



Luke 18. 



Day's length I^ hours 4 minutes. 



3 14 

4 15 

5 7 

5 54 
sets 

6 51 

8 1 



#^ 18;^/^? 146 585 

«^ 3 2|. in perihelion 146 57 5 

^ np in per. $ in *^ 146 5Q 5 

fh '^\0\':^ "h D 146 555 

fh 17*^2]. sets 9 8 146 5\r5 

:S< 1 Siriuss. 91 3, c/i}.^ 14 6 53 5 

3£ 15;^ rises 2 47 |146 51 5 



8 1021 

9 11 22 

10 1123 

11 924 

12 5 25 
12 57 20 

1 47 27 



6.) 1st Sunday in Lent. 



Matt. 4. 



Day's length 10 hours 20 minutes. 



Sund J 9 Apollonia 
IVIond 10 Scholastica 
Tiies II 1 Eiiphonia 
Wed il2 Ember day 
Tliur 13 Castor 



Frid 
8atur 



14 Valentine 

15 Faustine 



9 7S£29|c/2|.]) 1156 5015 

10 11 ?«^ 12lSpic.r.l09,d'lJlD156 4915 

15 6 48j5 
15 6 47 5 
15 6 15J5 
15 6 44|5 
14 6 43 5 



4 5 

4 41 

5 1841 1 lf?«f: 25 iSirius south 8 37 

6 

6 51 

7 5Q 
9 10 



7,Rigil south 7 33 



morn,^ 
12 11 ;^ ~Oj^f| $ rises 5 55 

1 7^^' 21^11' 4 sets 8 45"^ 

2 l?*t^ lol]) in perigee 



10 


2 36 28 


11 


3 33 29 


12 


4 9 30 


13 


4 56 31 


15 


5 43 


1 


16 


6 31 


2 


17 


7 20 


3 



7.) 2nd Sunday in Lent. 



Matt. 15. 



Day's length 10 hours 36 minutes. 



8und 

Moiid 

Tuns 

AVed 

Tliur 

Frid 

Satur 



16 Julianus 10 2Q 

17 Constantino 11 31 



18 Concordia 

19 Susanna 

20 Eucarius 

21 Elconora 

22 Wash. B.D. 



morn 

12 21 

1 3 

1 40 

2 15 



37 '-^S 7 7*'s set 1 21 
17 '•^ 19 c^ rises 2 47 
^ 1 ^ in aphelion 

l-*roc. s. 



5Q 
29 



18 
20 
21 



52 ^i 25 Reg. so. 11 58 W 14 6 42 5 

;i46 405 
|146 395 
|14 6 38 5 
:146 375 

!14 6 35 5 25 mornl 
9 45 14 6 34 5 26 12 310 



^IS 



rises Mf 26 

6 2dm 9 



8 8 

8 56 

9 44 
22 10 31| 
2311 17 



8.) 3d Sunday in Lent. 

Sund 

Mond 

Tues 

Wed 

Thur 

Frid 



Luke 11, 



Day's length 10 hours 51 minutes. 



23 Sercnus 
2t INlatthias 

25 Victor 

26 Nestor 

27 Loandcr 

28 Justus 



2 49| 

3 321 

3 57 

4 36 

5 18| 

6 lUi 



7 34[1^ 22 Insets 8 20 |14 

8 39 -^ 5iSirius south 8 5 13 

9 46^ 19|Pol. south 9 13 
10 55^ 3lArietes sets 10 1413 



morn'qig 17!,^ rises 5 56 
12 \M l|t> rises 5 '32,^ 



6 32 5 
6 52 5 
6 305 
6 295 
6 28 5 
6 265 



'—12 

o. 1 



^^ y/ 



2 

i ^^ 

' 4 

34 5 



1911 
37 12 
25 13 
16 14 
915 
5 16 



Venus will be Morning Star till the IClli of Miy, ancr wUicli she will be evening Star till the end of the year. 



Has 28 Days. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



i^e»> ^^oon the Glk, 1 o'clock 3 4» minulcs, in Ih 
of I in o in. 

I'inl quarter the 13///, II unlock 50 ininufcs, in the ,^i 
aflemuon. '^^ 

Full Muon fhe 22(/, 1 u'clock 45 ininules, in l/ie '^;; 
tnnrning. 

past, thnt he will nnt swerve in the hour of difficiiUy 
from l!ic mainlcnance of those great princi|)li;s of Amcri- 
cin lihcrty, wiiich he has on all occasions, nnd at all 
liaziird.-, so eloquently advocated. The people believe 
titat Henry Clay is the only man into whose hands Crtrt 
be entrusted the responsible task of brinsjiiiji back to the 
country t!^e pr'ispcrily of Ibrincr days. '1 hey further 
believe, that Henry Clay is not to be moved by the bland- 
ishments of false Iricnds, or the menaces of hidden foes. 
Jlis principles arc known, and hy himself openly avowed. 
He dues not court sccresy — his whole history is before 
the country and the property of that country. Like 
Wnshing'ton, he has retired from the strife of the political 
world, to the strides of rural retirement, and tlie people 
are calling on him, as they did upon Washington, to 
come forth and take the helm, and save theni from 
destruction. 



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ilcnry Clay's Spercli on the State of tk Country. 

Jidi/ lOili, 1810. 

With the view, therefore, to the fundamental character 
of the gi>vernmcnt itself, and especially of the executive 
branoli, it seems to me that, either hy amendments of 
the ConKtiiution, when they arc necessary, or by reme- 
dial legislation when the object falls within the scope of 
the powers of Congress, there should be, 

1st. A provision to render a person ineligible to the 
ofBce of ['resident of liic United States, after a service 
of r.ne term. 

Mueh observation and deliberate reflection have .satis- 
fied tne that too much of the time, the thoughts, and the 
CKortions of the incumbent ate occu[)ied, during his first 
term, in securing his re-election. The puhlic business 
constHjuenlly suffers, and measures are pro|>oscd or exe- 
cuted, w/«th less regard to the general prosperity than to 
their influence upon the approaching election. If the 
limitation to one term existed, the President would be ex- 
clusively devoted to the discharge of his public duties; 
and he vi-ould endeavour to signalize his administration 
by the beneficence and wisdom of its measures. 

2nd. That the veto po^ver should be more precisely 
defined, and he subjected lo further limitations and quali- 
fications. Although a lirge, perhaps the largest propor- 
tion of all the acts of Cnnjress, passed at the short ses- 
sions of Congress, since the commeneemcnt of the gov- 
ernment, were passed within the three last days of the 
ppssion, and when, of course, the President, for the lime 
bcinjr, bad not liic lea days for cunsidcraliuii, allowed by 



the Constitution, President Jacksi.n, availing himself of 
that allowance, has failed to return important bills. 
NVhen not returned by the President within the ten days, 
it is questionable whether they are laws or not. It is 
vcrv certain that the next Congress cannot act upon 
them by deciding whether or not they shall become 
laws, the President's objections notwithstanding. All 
this ought to be provided for. 

At present, a bill, returned by the President, can only 
bcfiome a law by the concurrence of two-thirds of the 
members of each House. 1 think if Congress passes a 
bill, after discussion and consideration, and, after weigh, 
ing the objections of the President, still believes it ought 
to pass, it should become a law, provided a majority of 
all the members of each House concur in its passage. 
If the weight of his argument, and the weight of his 
influence conjointly, cannot prevail on a majority, against 
their former convictions, in my opinion the bill ought 
not to be arrested. Such is the provision of the consli- 
tutiims of several Slates, and that of Kentucky among 
them. 

3d. That the power of dismission from ofBce should bo 
restricted, and the exercise of it be rendered responsible. 
The cnnsiitutional concurrence of the Senate is ne- 
cessary to the confirmation of ull important appoint- 
ments, but, without consulting the Senate, w ilhout any 
other motive than resentment or caprine, the President 
may dismiss, at his sole pleasure, an officer created by 
the joint action of himself and the Senate. The praeti- 
cal cfTect is to nullify the agency of the Senate. There 
ninv be occasionally, cases in which the public interest 
re(]uircs an immediate dismission wiihout waiting for 
the assembling of the Senate; but, in all such eases, the 
President should be bound lo communicaie fully tlio 
grownds and motives of the d.smission. The power 
would be thus rendered responsible. Without it, the 
exercise of the pow( r is utteily repugnant to fne insti- 
tutions, the basis of which is perfect respnfisibiiily, and 
dangerous lo public liberty, as has been already Blwnyn. 
4ih. That the control over the treasury of the United 
States, should be confided and confined exclusively to 
Congress; and nil aulhority of the President over it, by 
means of dismissing the Secretary of the Treasury, or 
other persons having the immediate charge of it, be rigor- 
ously precluded. 

You have heard mueh, ftllow-citizcns, of the divorce 
of bank.i and government. After eri,ipling them and 
impairing their utility, liie execulivc and ilR partisans 
have systematically denounced Ihcm. The executive ind 



10 



The Third Mouth, or MARCH— 1845, 



ff^eek] I 1 1 n \ Hiqh \ Moon \ Moon' s\Aspects of Planets ^\si\ Sun \ Moon Ua 

/?a»/s. r^*""'"''''^" "°^y'''\n'aler.\R.^- S. \Signs. | other Miscellanies. \^i\rises ij- sels.j south, p^ 

Saturi 1 David | 7 15| 1 71^ UlSirius s. 7 48 n |12|6 25,5 35| 6 4117 

John 6. Day's*length 11 hours 12 minutes. 



9.) 4ih Sunday in Lent 

SuilT 

Mond 

Tucs 

Wed 

Thiir 

Frid 

Satur 



2 Chad 

3 Samuel 

4 Ad ri amis 

5 P'rcderick 
I 6 Fridolin 

; 7 Perpetua 
i 8 Philemon 



8 4212 7 #) 29 $ rises 5 48 126 2415 36 7 2 18 

10 42 3 2?^ 13 ]) in perigee d'^ 1) 12 6 2'^b 37, 8 2 19 

11 31' 3 47^27^ inVf 2|.scts7 54 12 6 215 391 8 5S20 

12 30' 4 29^ 12d' T? }) 42 6 20'5 40 9 53 21 
115 5 7,^26d'$]) 11 6 19;5 41 10 4622 



1 51 

2 31 



sets ^ lO^f^c/pd'r. 2 21 116 17'5 4311 3623 

6 47 iSS 21^1 8 7*'ss. 7 38116 165 4412 2b2\ 



10.) 5ih Sunday in Lent. 

Sund I 9 Prudence 
Mond 10 Rosina 
Tues 1 1 Erncstus 
Wed 12 Gregory 
Thur 13 Macedon 
Frid 14 Zacliariah 
8atur ]15 Christopher 



John 8. 



Day's length II hours 32 minutes. 

inri45 46 
106 135 47 



3 41 7 52\^^ Vc^W^-^A-l> 

3 39, 8 56 7.1!!: 20 $ in aphelion 

4 13j 9 57;^ 3^gr. II.L.S. Reg.ll06 125 48 
4 5010 5l'^ 15i^r. 548 [s. 1032 106 115 49 



5 51,11 51 

6 18! morn. 



^27 Aid. s. 11 48 ?J^ 1106 95 51 



n 



Ar.s. 9 16 \j\ 96 



7 10!l2 43if^. 2\\sW l-^th ]) in ap.l 96 



8 5 52 
7,5 53 



1225 
026 

48 27 
3528 
24| 1 
12 2 
01 3 



II.) Pahn Sunday. 



Matthew 21. 



Sund 

Mond 

Tues 

Wed 

Thur 

Frid 

Satur 



16 Prochorus 

17 St. Patrick 

18 Anshelmus 

19 Joseph 
'20 Matrona 

21 Good Frid. 

22 Paulina 



12.) Easter. 



8 22\ 1 29)-f^ 3 Pollux s. 7 49 

9 371 2 13^^ 15 Spica ris. 8 4 

10 46.. 2 51)"^ 27 c? ris. 2 9 

11 45! 3 26c^ 9Procy. s. 7 36 
morn.; 3 59<^21 Spring com. 

12 32 4 30^ 4 Arctu. ris. 6 53 
1 12; 5 0^ 17 Sup. c/^Q 

Mark IG. 



Day's length 11 hours 50 minutes 
~ 5 5 55 6 49 



96 
86 
86 
86 
86 



75 59,6 
'715 57'6 



4 
5 
6 
7 
8 

1 10 42 9 
3,11 29 10 



45 56, 7 36 
35 57, 8 23 
15 59 9 9 
6 9 55 



Day's length 12 hours 8 minutes. 



Sund 

Mond 

Tues 

Wed 

Thur 

Frid 

Satur 

Sund 
Mond 



23 Easter Sun. 
21. Gabriel 
25 A.ofB.V.M 
\2Q Emanuel 

127 Gustavus 

128 Gideon 
29 Eustatius 



1 49 rises. Ij^ 



7 5 56 6 
65 55 Q 
6 5 53 6 
(y5 52 6 
55 516 



4 morn. Ill 
512 1812 

7 1 913 

8 2 314 

9 3 015 



Ist Sunday after Easter 

30 Lo^v Sund 
,31 Dctalaus 



23d 

2 251 7 31.fel5^^d'^18[ 

3 2 8 43',:^ 29 IU-. s. 9 40 

3 411 9 51 c#^ 13d' 1+1 O 

4 22;i0 58qlg 27 Orion s. 11 41 eft, 

5 7'morn.'^ 12 n 2) in per. </ ^ 2].! 5 5 496 1 1 3 57|lb 

6 1112 #^_2G Alioth. s. 6 14 j 5,5 48 6 1 2 J^57|17 

John 20. D ay's len gth 12 hours 26jminuu>s^ 



7 6|12 57|^, 10 

8 281 1 45„^21 



30th c/c?^ I 45 17 6 13' 5 57 18 
Lyra r. 9 591 4> 46^6 14. 6 51,19 



Has 31 Days. 



11 



MOON'S PHASES. ^^ 

Last quarter the \sl, at 5 o'clock 13 minutes, in the ^^M 

New Moon the 8th, at 1 o'clock 30 minutes, in the > |V ■ . "i3S;' 

morning. tL', •''vi . 

First quarter ike ] 5th, at 8 o'clock 52 minutes, in -^h^ 
th( nflenwon. ^%f^^^> 

Full Moon the 23d, at 3 o" clock 18 minutes, in '''e^^»4^:t;yJ; -.z,.^- _^^^^ 
aj'ernoon. '>'^^5rsii&Bfi«S^Si;==SSS=--2jsiiCa:»-''=»»i>ta 

i,as< quarter the 30lh, at 12 o'clock, noon. 




tlie country were warned again an^ ajfain of the fatal 
course tlial lias been pursued; but the executive, never- 
tlieless persevered, commencing by praising and ending 
by decrying the State binUs. Under cover of liie smoke 
wliicli iijs been raised, the real object all along has been, 
and yet is, to obtain the possession of the money power 
of the Union. That accomplished and sanctioned by 
the people — the union of the sword and the purse in the 
hands of the President effectually secured — and farewell 
to American libcity. Tlie sub-treasury is the scheme 
for elfeeling that union ; and I aoi told, that of all the 
days in the year, that which gave birth to our national 
ex st>nce and freedom, is the selected day to be disgraced 
by ushering into existence a measure, imminently peril- 
ous (o Ihc liberty which, on that anniversary, wc com- 
memorate in joyou? festivals. Thus, in the spirit of 
destruction whicli animates our rulers, would they con. 
vert a day of gladness and of glory into a day of sad- 
ness and mourning. Fellow-citizens, there is one divorce 
urgenily demanded by the safety and the highest inter- 
ests of the country — a divorce of the President from the 
Ireusiiry of the United States. 

And 5th. Tiial the appointment of members of Con- 
gri ss to any olfico, or any but a few speeilic offices, 
during their continuance in office, and for one year 
thereafter, be prohibited. 

This is a hackneyed theme; but it is not less deserv- 
ing serious consideration. The Constitution now inltr- 
diets the appointment of a member of Congress to any 
office created, or the emohimenls of which liad been in- 
creased while he was in office. In the purer days of the 
re(inblic, that restriction might iiave been sulRcient, but 
in these more degenerate times, it is necessary, by an 
amendment of the Constitution, to give the principle a 
greater extent. 

Candor ami truth require me to say, that, in my judg. 
meiif, while banks continue to exist in the country, the 
Bci vices of a Bank of tlie United States cannot bo sa'e'y 
dispensed with. I think th.it the po.vcr to cstiblish sujii 
a bank is a settled question ; sctlled by Washinyton a:id 
by .Madison, by the people, by forty years' acquiescence, 
by the judiciary, and by both of the great parties which 
Fo long held sway in the country. I kn>-.v an. I I respect 
the contrary opinion which is entertained in this State. 
But, in my deliberate view of the mitter, the povver to 
establish such a bank being settled, and being a nee. 'a- 
Barv and proper power, the only qneslion is as t.i tlie 
expediency of its exercise. And on qne.stiojs of uure 



expediency public opinion ought to h"»ve a coni rolling 
inthioiice. Without banks I believe we cannot have a 
sufficient currency ; without a Bank of the United Stales, 
I fear we cannot have a sound currency. But it is the 
end, that of a sound and sufficient currency, and a faith- 
ful execution of the fiscal duties of government, that 
should cngigethe dispassionate and candid consideration 
of the whole community, 'i'here is nothing in the name 
of the Hank of the United States, which has any mngical 
charm, or to which any one need be wedded. It is to 
secure certain great objects without which society cannot 
prosper, and if, contrary to my apprehension, these ob- 
jects can hi accomplished by disjiensing with the aijency 
of a Bank of the Uoiti.d Slates, and employing that of 
State banks, all ought to rejoice and heartily acquiesce, 
and none would more than I should. 



HENRY CLAY ON ANTI-REPUDIATION. 

Language has been held in this chamber which would 
leail any one who heard it to believe that some gentlemen 
would take delight in seeing Slates dishonored and unable 
to pay their bonds. If such a feeling does really exist, I 
trust it will find no sympathy with the people of this 
country, as it can have none in the breast of any honest 
man. When the honorable Senator from .'VIassachu>eUs, 
(.\Ir. Webster) the other day uttered, in such thrilling 
language, the sentiment that honor and probity bound the 
Stales to the faithful payment of all their debts, and that 
they would do it, I felt my bosom swelling with patriotic 
pride — pride, on account of the just and manly sentiment 
itself; and pride, on aec()unt of the beautiful and elo- 
quent language in which that noble sentiment was cloihcd. 
Dislionor American credit! Dishonor the Aineriean 
name! Dishonor the whole country! Why sir. what 
is na ion.il character, national credit, nation.il honor, na- 
tional glory, but the aggregate of the character, the credit, 
the bono-, the pbry, of the i)arts of tie nat on ' Can 
the pans be dshonored, and the whole rrinun unsullied ' 
Or can the wh.de be blemished, and the parts stand pure 
an I un»a'iited ! Can a younger sister be disgiacod, wii'i- 
out bringin,' bhisli^'s im I sh.ime up n the whole fimdy ! 
Can o.ir yo'ing sister III no;*, (I mention her only for 
illus'-fulion, but with all feelings and seniiments of frater- 
nal regard,) can she degra !o her character as a Stale 
w th.)Ut bringing reproach and obloquy Ujton all of us ? 
W'tiat has iniJe England — our country's g'..>rious ^tareiit 



12 



The Fourth Month, or APIUL— 1845, 



1l'eeli\r, inn ' Hisrh \ Mnon Moonn^.'ispeclB of Planits ^'\ = i\ Sun j J/«o« i^-S 

Days. |^f"'"''^"^^^ g ^^^y^-\JFater.\Ii.^' S.\ ilign^.\ other Sli^cellanics. {^j^Wiaes f,- sel8.\ »o«//). )= j 

9 561 2 28 *A. 8$ rises 5 29 | 45 44 G 161 7 4820 

11 9| 3 6^22$ jrr. ILL. S.c/t)Di 45 436 17l 8 4121 

12 61 3 38 ."S; 16 prises 1 46 , 3.5 42 6 18i 9 3022 



Tues 1 1 Theodore 
M^cd I 2 Thcodosia 
Tliur i 3 Ferdinand 
PVid I 4 Ambrosius ,12 51 
Saturi 5 Maxi mus j 1 31 

14.) 2(1 Suiulay after Easter, 

Sund I 6 Egesippus 
Mondj 7 Aaron 
Tues j 8 Dionysius 
Wed I 9 Procliorus 
Thur 10 Daniel 
Frid 11 Julius 
Satur 12 Eustachius 



4 10 2S 1^^ hi perihelion 
4 41i.:,« 2,d'$);, c/IS ^ 



35 406 2010 1823 
3 ) 39 6 21 11 624 



Jolin 10. 



Day's length 12 hours 44 minuli's 

2I 



) 

) 24 
J 26 



2 6 sets ),H^ 15/^6,d'?18;Ic/2j.O ^5 3i 

2 42 7 43^ 28*^@*'2j. sets 6 22 2 5 3( 

3 W 8 43;^ ll.Rejr. s. 8 51 2 5 35 

3 57 9 39 ij^ 23 ,/ DO Pol. s. 6 22 2 5 34 6 2(} 

4 26 10 33^ 5iArct. ris. 5 38 '^l i:5 336 27 

5 411 22;^. nU rises 1 34 v^ 
5 48 mornjjfe. 29|2) in apogee 



11 5325 

12 411.J6 

1 2h 27 

2 17 28 

3 5 29 
1,5 316 29' 3 5130 

; 1,5 30 6 30 4 43 31 



15.) 


3(1 Sunday after Easter. John 


16. Day's length 13 hours 2 


minutes 




Sund 


13 Justinus 


6 36 


12 l^BU 


? rises 5 18 10 


5 296 31 


5 30 


1 


Mond 


14 Tybertus 


7 32 


12 46H^23 


-^Jt^^rPLL.N. :5 


5 286 32 


6 U 


2 


Tues 


15 Olympia 


8 40 


1 21 <e^ 5 


v^^Spica r. 6 41 ^ 


5 27 6 33 


7 £ 


3 


Wed 


16 Calixtus 


9 5S 


1 55^ 17 


Lyra ris. 7 58 


5 25 6 35 


7 47 


4 


Thur 


17 Rudolph 


10 58 


2 26,fC 29 


cT^ll-^gr. elonga. 


5 246 36 


8 33 


5 


Frid 


18 yEneas 


11 54 


2 57!^ 12 


Atair ris. 10 25 1 


5 236 37 


9 19 


6 


Satur 19 Anicetus 


morn 


3 27; 1^26 


■5 rises 2 40 1 


5 216 39110 7 7 



16.) 4lh Sunday after Easter. 



.T.din 16. 



D:iv's length 13 hour.s 20 minutes. 



Sund 120 Sulpitius 
]\Ioniii21 Adolarus 
Tues |22 C'njns 
Wed ;23 St. George 
Thur l24 Albert 



112 42 3 59;^ 9 U rises 4 59 
I 1 24i 4 33j7t i^'^ReHuss. 8 38 
I 2 6rises'c))|C 8 ^:>\22, Sir. s. 946 



2 47 

3 30 

4 If 

5 ] 



Frid 25 St. Mark 
Satur 2C) Cletus 

17.) 5th Sunday after Easter. 

Sund ',27 Anastasius 
Mond 28 Vitalis 
Tues JO Sybelhi 
A\ ( d |30 Eutropius 



8 41 cj)£ 22 ^;;Spiea s. 11 8 

9 50 #> 7 }; in perigee ^ 

10 50^ 22 $ri.ses 5 5 n 

11 44^. 6 j^ rises 1 18 



15 206 4010 58 8 

15 196 4111 52 9 

2.5 186 12 niorn'lO 

2 5 17 6 43 12 IS 11 

25 156 44i 1 1842 

2|5 146 46 2 49 13 

2\5 136 47 3 50,14 



.tohn 16. 



Day's length 13 hours 36 minutes. 



5 53\ mornji^ 20 ^ slationarv 

6 41il2 27145^ 5/^2S,c/^l) 

8 5 

9 2:] 






12)6 48 
116 49 



4015 
4516 



1 6^ 19i\S^d'l73)Al.sy8 13 3'5 10 6 50; 6 38,17 
1 4l|!aS; 3[Lyraris7 '^ti \ 3 5 9 6 b\\ 7 28;18 



Has 30 Days. 



13 



MOON'S PHASES. 



^"" '■/' 



^m. 



JVrtP Mmn ike 6tk, at 1 o'clock 39 minutes, /• 
ike rijlernoiin. _.^ 

/•'/>,</ quarter the Il/A, af 4 o'clock 22 minutes, m ^:^-:. 
fAi° (iflerno(Tu. '--~~ 

Full Miuii the 22(1, al 2 o'c/ocA- 11 minutes, in 
the mnrniti:r. 

Last quarter the 2Stk, at G o\lock 19 minutes, in '4^ 
/Ae aflernwm. 

— (although she has taught us the duty of eternal watch- 
fulness, to rcjici ag2;r»;ssion, and maintain our riprhts 
naainst even her) — what has made England the wonder 
of the world ? What has raised her to such pre-eminence 
in wealth, power, empire and greatness, at onoc the awe 
and the adniiraiion of nations] Undouhtedly, among 
the prominent causes, have heen the preservation of her 
credit, the mainlenance of her honor, and the scrupulous 
fidelity wilh which she has fuUilled her pecuniary en- 
gaiiements, foreign as well as dtimesiic. An opposite 
example of a disregard of national faith and character 
presents itself in the pages of ancient history. Every 
6cl:oi)ll)uy is familiar with the phrase " Punic failh," 
which at Rome liecame a byword and a reproach against 
(Jarlhrtge, in consequence of her notorious violations of 
her public engagements. The stigma has been transmitted 
down to the present lime, and will remain for ever unef- 
faccd. Who would not lament that a similar stigma 
should bo aflixed to any member of our confederacy ? 
If there be any one so thoroughly imbued with party 
spirit, so destitute of honor and rfloralily, so regardless of 
jii.-t tVelings of national dignity and character, as to desire 
to see any of the States of this glorious Union dishon- 
ored, liy violating their engagements to foreigners, and 
refusing to pay their just debts, I repel and repudiate hi.Ti 
and his sentiments as unworthy of the American name, 
as sentiments dishonest in themselves, and neither enter- 
tained nor approved by the jjeople of the United Stales. 

We propose that, by a just exercise of incontestable 
powers possessed by this government, we shall go to the 
succor of all the States, and, by a fair distribution of the 
proceeds of the public lands among them, avert as far as 
that may avert, the ruin and dishonor with which some 
of them are menaced. We propose, in short, such an 
administration of the powers of this government as shall 
protect and relieve our common constituents from the 
embarras-sments to which they may be exposed from the 
defects in the poweis ur in the administration uf the state 
governments. 

Now, sir, it is manifest, that the public lands cannot be 
all settled in a century or centuries to come. The [)ro- 
gress of t'.ieir settlement is iiuiicalcd by live growth of ihe 
population of the United 6:atcs. There have not been, 
on an average, five millions of acres per annum sold, dur- 
ing the last half century. Iiarger quantities will be, pro- 
bably, hereafter, although not immediatelv, annually sold. 
Now, when wc recollect ihul we have at least a billion of 




acres of land to dispose of, some idea may be entertained, 
judging from the past of the probable length of lime be- 
fore the whole is sold. Prior to their sale and settlement, 
the unoccupied portion of the public domain musticmaia 
cither in the hands of the general government, or in th<# 
hands of the state governments, or pass into the hands of 
Speculators. In the hands of the general government, if 
that government shall perform its duty, we know that 
the public lands will be distributed on liberal, equal, anj 
n)oderale terms. The worst fate that can befall theni 
would be for them to be acquired by speculators. The 
emigrant and settler would always prefer purchasing front- 
government, at lixed and known ratei, rather than front 
the speculator, at unknown rates, fixed by his cupidity or 
caprice. But if they are transferred from the general 
government, the best of them will be engrossed by ("pecu- 
lators. That is the inevitable tendency of reduction of 
the price by graduation, and of cession to the States 
within which they lie. 

The rival plan is for the general government to retain 
the public domain, and make distribution of the proceeds 
in time of peace among the several States, upon equal 
and just principles, according to the rule of federal num- 
bers, and in time of war to resume the proceeds for its 
vigorous prosecution. We think that the administration 
of the public lands had better remain with the common 
government, than administered according lo various, and. 
perhaps, conflicting views. As to that important jiart of 
them which was ceded by scrtain States to the United 
Stales, for the common benefit of all the Stares, a trust 
was thereby created which has been voluntarily accepted 
by the United States, and which they are not at liberty 
now to decline or transfer. The history of public land* 
held in the United Slates, demonstrates that thev have 
been wasted or thrown away by most of the Slates that 
owned any, and that the general government has dis- 
played more judgment and wisdom in the adnn'nislration 
of them than any of the Slates. While it is readily ad- 
mitted that revenue should not he regarded as the sole or 
exclusive object, the pecuniary advantaires which may le 
derived from this great national property to both theSiaica 
and the Union, ought not to be altogether overlooked. 

The measure which I have had the honor to propoio, 
settles this great and agitating question forever. It ia 
founded upon no partial and unequal basis, aggrandizing 
a few of the States to the prejudice of the rest. It standi 
on a just, broad, and liberal founiijrion. It is a measure 



14 



The Fifth Month, or MAY— 1845, 



Days. ^i^^nuTkubk ^«i/«-|/; a/cr.j/?. 8f S.\ S'lgna] other Msce llanies. {^'-^I rises j- sel a :\jouth^. ~ ^ 

Thur -1 Ascen'n. day kTssI 2 U|:2S 16;2j. rises 4 23 3 5 76 53 8 16 19 

Frid 2 Sigismund '11 37 2 41 hs; 29|$ rises 4 59 3!5 

Satur 3 Inv. of Cross 12 25 3 131^ 12,^ ris. 12 54 d^^^ 1 35 



66 54 9 020 
56 55 9 47 21 



18.) 6lh SHiiday n fter Easter. 



John 15. 



Day's length 13 hours 52 miiiuiis. 



Stind ; 

!Mond, 

Tuos i 

AVed 

Tluir 

Frid 



4 Florianus 

5 Godart 

6 St. John Ev. 

7 Doiuicilla 
(S Stanislaus 
9 Job 



Satur 10 Gordianus 



5 
43 
19 
55 

30 



3 44'^ 24V 21- D 1 3 5 

sets ti^ 7 Spica south 10 24 3 5 

7 29:,^194l^Y?l)0*;^:.S'! 45 

8 25^-^ l*@3*^Ly.s. 102(JVfi 45 

9 16^^. 13^tn^tra.$0,^*[,';/. 45 



1 

1 

2 
o 

3 
4 
4 41110 44|»«^ 7]) in apogee 



4;10 2|;^:25b O Q, c^ ^ 2 "^ 



4 6 5610 34 22 
36 5711 212S 
2 6 5812 924 
16 5912 5825 
07 1 4726 



44 59 7 
44 587 



1, 2 3527 
2| 3 2428 



19.) -Whit Sunday. 



John 14. 



Day's length 14 hours 6 minutes. 



Siind '11 Mamcrtus 
Mond 12 Pancratius 
Tues Il3 Scrvatus 
AVcd 11 Ember day 
Tluir ,15 Sophia 
Frid !16 Perigrine 
Satur 17 lodocus 



5 1911 21 n* 19;Antarcs rises 8 40 

5 5911 54<^ 1!^ rises 12 36 

6 48 morn cgf IS'b rises 12 59 

7 4512 26;(i5t 25,^ Reg. s. 1 25 

8 5312 564i 8L|f 

10 8' 1 24|^20Su.d'?OAr.slO 32 

11 15| 2 l|sfe 4^ in aphelion 



1 44 57 


7 


3 


4 10, 


44 56 


7 


4 


4 55 


4 4 55 


7 


5 


5 40, 


4 4 51 


7 


6 


6 24I 


44 53 


7 


7 


7 9 


44 52 


7 


8 


7 55\ 


44 51(7 


9 


8 441 



20.) Trinity Sunday. 



John 3. 



Sund '18 Libcrius 
Mond 19 Dunstan 
Tues '20 Tropetus 
Wed 21 Prudence 
Thur 22 Corp. Christi 
Frid ^23 Dcsiderius 
Satur 24 Esther 



morn 

12 12 

1 2 

1 49I 

2 35| 

3 20i 

4 5i 



2 28';:*2; 17 2). rises 3 25 

3 5s(|g 2,Alioth s. 9 

3 46c^ 16'Siriussets 7 47 
rises 1^ I'^TJ^ ]) eclipsed tQ, 

8 ^^6^ 16;^J/2)in peris:. r\ 

9 31-i^ ijProcyon sets'9 47 
10 23^ 16b sets 7 24 



Day's length 14 hours 20 minutes 

414 



44 



507 

497 
48 7 
487 
47 7 
46 7 
46i7 



10| 9 S5i 6 
ll!lO 30! 7 
12 11 29, 8 
12! mornj 9 
1312 31 10 
111 1 31,11 
15 2 3642 



21.) 1st Sunday after Trinity. 



Luke 16. 



Sund 25 Urbanus 
Mond 26 Edward 
Tues 27 Lucianus 
AVcd 2S William 
Thur 20 Maximilian 
Frid 30Wio:and 
Satur 31 Manilius 

22.) 2d Sunday after Trinitv 



4 


501 


5 


38^ 


6 


29! 


7 


30 


8 


30 


9 


53. 


10 


.•■)S 



11 4 

11 43 

morn 

12 16 
12 16 

1 17 

1 17 



Day's length 14 hours 30 minutes. 
3 4 



=!f^ 1 Alioth s. 8 32 
'S^ 29 Spica s. 9 

r:;i3/gN$in,Q, 

S2 26 v-^^ t) stationary 
^ Oc/y IVris. 12 16 

^221^/21.^ 

Luke 14. D.(iy's lensrth 14 hours 40 minutes. 




Has 31 Days. 



15 



MOON'S PHASES. 

Netv }^')on the G/A, at i o'clock 56 mhiutcs, in Ihc 
I'ir'xf quarter the 14 /A, at o'clock 7 minutes, in the 

FuUMAon the 2l«^ a/ 10 o'clock 57 minutes, in the 
tnorniviz- 

Lent quarter the 28/A, al 1 o''clock 24 minutes, in the 
morning. 

applicable not only to the States now in being, but to the 
territiKies, as Sutes shall hereafior be formed out of them, 
«nil to all new States a? Ihey shall rise, tier behind tier, to 
the Pacific ocean. It is a system operating upoit a space 
almost boiindfc*s, and adapted to all future time. It was 
a noble spirit of harmony and union that prompted the 
icvolutioiiary States originally to cede to the United 
States. How admirably does this measure conform to 
that spiijt and lend to the perpetuity of our glorious 
Uni^jn! The im^ination can hardly conceive one 
fraught with more harmony and union among the Stales. 
If to llic otbor ties that bind us together as one people, 
te supcraddoti the powerful intere>t sprinf^ing out of a 
just aJir.inijitration of our exhaustles> public domain, for 
which, for a long succession of ages, in seasons of peace, 
the States will enjoy the benefit of the great and growing 
revenue which it firoduccs. and in periods of war that 
revenue will be applied to the prosecution of the war, we 
shall l>e for ever linlied together, with (he strength of ada- 
niautine chains. No siction, no State, would ever be 
mud enough to break oil" from the Union, and deprive 
it^*lf of the inestimable advantages which it secures. 
Although thirty or forty more of the new States should 
be admitted into this Union, this measure would cement 
them all fast together. The honorable member from Mis- 
eouri. Rear me, (Mr. Linn,) is very anxious to have a 
settlement formed at the mouth of the Oregon, and he 
will probably be gratilied at no very distant day. Then 
will be seen members from the Pacific States scaling the 
Uocky Mountains, passing through the country of the 
grizzly bear, descending the turbid Missouri, entering the 
father of rivers, ascending the beautiful tJhio, and coming 
to this capitol, to take their seats in its spicious and mag- 
nificent halls. Proud of the commission they bear, and 
h.»!>py to find themselves here in council with friends, 
and brothers, and countrymen, enjoying the incalculable 
hcnefils of this gieat confederacy, and among tlnm their 
annual distributive share of the issues of a nation's in- 
heritance, woulil even thry the remote people of the 
Pacific, ever desire to separate themselves from such a 
hiah and glorious destiny? The fund which is to be 
dedicated to these great and salutary purposes, does not 
procni! from a few thousand acres of land, soon to bo 
disposed of;DOt of more than ten hundred millions of 
acres ; and age after age may roll away. State after Stato 
arise, generation succeed generation, and still the fund 
will remain not only unexhausted, but in)proved and in- 
creasing, for the benefit of our children's children to ihe 





remotest posterity. The measure is not one pregnant 
wi h jealousy, discord or division, but it is a far-reaching, 
comprehensive, healing measure of compromise and com- 
posure, having for its patriotic object the harmony, aho 
stability, and the prosperity of the States and of the Union. 



HEXRY CLAY'S SPERCII 0\ KETIRIXG 
FRO.M THE SEXATE. 

From 1806, the period of my entry on this noble the- 
atre, with short intervals, to the present time, I have beeti 
engaged in the public councils, at home and abroad. Of 
the nature or the value of the services rendered during 
that long and arduous period of my life, it does not be- 
come me to speak; history, if she deigns to noiice me, or 
posterity, if the recollections of my humble actions shall 
be transmitted to posterity, are the best, the truest, the 
roost impartial judges. When death has closed the 
scene, their sentence will be pronounced, and to that I 
appeal and refer myself. My acts and public conduct are 
a fair subject for the criticism and judgment of my fellow- 
men ; but the private motives by which they have been 
proni|ited, they are known oidy to the great Searcher of 
the human heart and to himself; and I trust I may bo 
pardoned for repeating a declaration made some thirteen 
years ago, that, whatever errors — and doubtless there, 
have been many — may be discovered in a review of my 
public service to the country, I can with unshaken confi- 
(lence appeal to that Divine Arbiter for the truth of the 
declaration, that I have been influenced by no impure 
purposes, no personal motive — have sought no personal 
aggrandizement ; but that in all my public acts I have 
had a sole and single eye, and a warm and devoted heart, 
directed and dedicated to what in my judgment I believed 
to be the true interest of my country. 

During that period, however, I have not escaped the 
fate of other public men, nor failed to incur censure and 
detraction of the bitterest, most unreleniing, and mo.-t 
nialisinant character ; and though not always insensible 
to the pain it was meant to inflict. I have borne it in gene- 
ral with composure, and without disiurl ance here, [point- 
ing to his breast,' waiting as I have done, in pertect and 
undoubting ccmfidence, for the ultimate triumph of jus- 
tice and truth, and in the entire persun-ion that time 
would, in the end. settle all things as they should be, and 
that whalcver wronn or injustice I might e\[>eticnce at the 
hands of man. He to whom nil hearts are open and fully 
known, would in the end, by the inscrulablo dispensations 



Ih 



Tho Sixth Month, or JUNE— 1845, 



jreek 
Days. 

8und 

Mond 

Tucs 

AVcd 

Thur 

Trid 

>>atur 



Remarkable Days 



1 Nicoderaus 

2 Marcellus 

3 Erasmus 
•i Darius . 
5 Bonifacius 
G Artcnius 

7 Lucretia 



1 Higk I Moon \ Moon' a\^ spec ts of Plnnets iS,-\ = i\ Sun \ Moon [^ j:;. 
\fValer. \R. Sf SASigns. \ other Miscellanies. \'''^\rises 4' sds,] Houth. Pa 

~\\~55~2r20\^^~T77^^ [ 2j4 40 r2y 9 20,20 

12 42 2 51!^ IGd'!?-!) $ sets 7 40 ! 2 4 40 7 2010 6|21 

1 22^ 3 30^28/^ cerises 11 38 2i4 39 7 2110 54^22 

1 58 sets ?f^ lO^^^gr. elon.W 2 4 39 7 2111 42 2S 

2 37' 8 5^22ld'$])Spicas. 8 26' 2'4 38 7 2212 3l|24 

3 9 8 39»^ 4:]) in apogee 2;4 387 22 1 1925 
3 51, 9 21»#^ 16;?- IILS.Sp.s812: 1|4 377 23 2 Q2Q 



.23.) 


3d SunJay after Trinity. 




Luk 


e 15. Day's ler 


gill 14 hours 46 minutes. 


Sund 


8 Me tardus 


4 16 


9 56 


•-^28 


2; rises 2 14 


1 


4 37 7 23 


2 5227 


^lond 


9 Barnimus 


4 52 


10 28 


1^10 


Antares s. 1 1 7 


1 


4 37 7 23 


3 3728 


Tues 


10 Flavins 


5 23 


10 57 


rT^l 


■5 rises 11 8 


1 


4 36 7 24 


4 2129 


Wed 


11 Barnabas 


6 8 


11 26 


^,^ 4 


Arctu. s. 8 48 


1 


4 367 24 


5 430 


Thur 


12 Basilides 


6 58 


11 55 


f*16 


^f|. $ sets 7 59 





4 36 7 24 


5 4931 


Frid 


13 Tobias 


8 2 


morn 


^29 


^jy Lyra s. 1 7 


U2 


4 36.7 24 


6 35' 1 


Satur 


14 Heliseus 


9 16 


12 26 


:fel3 


Alioth s. 7 24 





4 35 7 25 


7 23 2 



24.) 4th Sunday after Trinity. 



Luke 16. 



Day's length 14 hours 50 minutes. 



8ui d 15 Vitus 
^Toi d 16 Rolandus 
Tues ;17 St. Alban 
"Wed IS Arnolphus 
Thur |19 Gcrvaseus 
Yvni 20 Sylverius 
Satur!21 Raphael 



10 


35 


11 


46i 


morn' 


12 


45 


1 


37 


2 


24. 


3 


9 



12 58:x;52; 26^ rises 11 15 

1 35k|0 lOSpica s. 9 41 

2 19^^21 Anta. s. 10 33 

3 10^'> 9 2]. rises 1 40 
rises 1^ 24 |r^ 19th, 

8 12,,^ 9^^^ 2) in perigee 
8 59;^ 21 Summcrcommc's. 



35 7 
35 7 
35 7 
35 7 

35 7 
35 7 
35 7 



25 


8 15 


25 


9 10 


25 


10 10 


25 


11 13 


25 


morn 


25 


12 16 


25 


1 20 



25.) 


5th Sunday after T 


rinity. 


JaxV 


lC 5. Day's len 


gth 14 hours 50 


mmutcs. 

2 1810" 


^ Sund 
^Mond 


22 Achatius 


3 52 9 39 


fh 9 


d'T)J)Regu.sl0 38 


2l4 35,7 25 


2.^ Agrippina 


4 3110 15 


fh2i 


c/c?]) 


2 4 35 7 25 


3 1411 


Tues 


21. John 13aptist 


5 1610 IS 


^ 8 


Arcturus s. 10 


24 35 7 25 


4 712 


Wed 


25 Elogius 


6 Oil 20 




$ sets 8 1 6 


2 4 35 7 25 


4 5613 


Tliur 


2 ) .lcr( miah 


6 52 11 52 


■J^ 


/S^^incQ„d''^0 


24 35 7 25 


5 1314 


Frid 


27 Seven sleep's 


7 56 morn 


1-^18 


VJX^cT, rises 10 42 


3 4 35 7 25 6 31 15 


Satur 


28 Leo 


9 6; 12 23 


-^ 1 


c/ 2J. ]) 2J. rises 1 6 


34 35 7 25 7 17.16 



26.) 6th Sunday after Trinity. 

1(7201 

11 2t 



IMatt. 5. 



Day's Ifngth 14 hours 52 minutes. 



Sund |29 St. Peter 
Mond, 30 Lucina 



12 56 

1 3:3 



ij^ 13Arietes sets 8 46 
f^^ 25^^ in perihelion 



4 3417 26 
.4 3417 26 



8 4(17 
8 51 13 



Has 30 D<ays. 



17 



MOON'S PHASES. 

New Moon the ilh, at 8 o'rlocki 7 minutes, in tin 
afternoon. 

Fin! quarter the l-2lk, at 10 o^ clock i2 inimiteSf ir 
t/ic nf/crnoon. 

Full Moon the lOlh, at 6 o'clock 17 minutes, in thfL 
afl(rnoon. ^^ 

Last quarter the 2Glh, at 9 o'clock 2G minutes, in the 
morninis. 



■* ■''**^ 



fr ** ,^ 



n ,-. , ;^ - 



of his prov'ulcncp, rectify all error, redress all wrong, and 
cause amjile justice to be done. 

Uul I have not, meanwhile, been unsustained. Every 
where througlioiit ihc extent of this fjreat continent, I 
have had ci)rdi,;l, warm-iiearted, and devoleil friends, who 
have known me and justly ap()reciated my motives. To 
them, if language were susceptible of fully expressing 
Biy acknowledgments, I would now ofler them, as all the 
returns I have now to make for their genuine, disinter- 
ested and persevering fidelity, and devoted attachment. 
Bui if I fail in suitable lantjuage to express my gratitude 
to them for all the kiiulnes.s they have shown me — what 
shall I say — what can I say at all commensurate with 
Ihnse foflings of gratitude which I owe to the State whoso 
humble rf prescntaiive and servant I have been in this 
Clsainber ! 

I emigrated from Virginia to the State of Kentucky, 
now nearly forty-five years ago: I went as an orphan who 
had nut yet attained the age of majority — who had never 
recognized a father's smile nor fell his caresses — poor, 
pennylcss — without the favor of the great; with an im- 
pi'rfect and inadequate education, limited to the ordinnry 
btisincss and common pursuits of life; but scarce had I 
set my fool upon her generous soil, when I was seized 
and embraced with parental fondness, caressed as though 
I liiid been a favorite child, and patronized with liberal 
and unbounded munificence. From that period the 
highest honors of the State have been freely bestowed 
upon me; and afterwards, in the darkest hours of cal- 
umny and detraction, when I seemed to be forsaken by 
all the rest of the world, she threw her broad and impene- 
trable shield around me, and bearing me up aloft in her 
courageous arms, repelled the poisoned shafts that were 
aimed at my destruction, and vindicated my good name 
against every false and unfounded assault. 

'J'hal my nature is warm, my temper ardent, my dis- 
position, especially in relation to the public service, en- 
thusiastic, I am I'ully ready to own; and those who sup- 
posed that I have been assuming the dictatorship, have 
only mistaken for arrogance or assumption, that fervent 
ardor and devotion wbirh is natural to my constitution, 
and I miy have displayed with too lilile regard to cold, 
calculdtmg and cautious prudence, in sustaining and zeal- 
ously sopi)orling important national measures of policy 
which I have presented and propt)sed. 

During a long and arduous career of service in the 
public councils of my country, especially during the la»t 
eleven years I have held a seat in the Senate, trom the 



same ardor and enthusiasm of character, I have no doubt, 
in the heat of debate, and in an honest endeavor to main- 
tain my opinions against adverse opinions equally hon- 
estly entertained, as to the best course to be adopted for 
the public welfare, I may have olten inadvertently or un- 
intentionally, in moments of excited debate, made use of 
language that has been offensive and susceptible of in- 
jurious interpretation towards my biother Senators. If 
there be any here who retain vrounded feelings of injury 
or dissatisfaction produced on such occasions, I beg to 
assure ihcm that I now otTcr the amplest apology for any 
de|)arturc on my part from the established rules o( parlia- 
mentary decorum and courie^y. On the other hand, I 
a:ssurc the Senate, one and all, without exception and 
without reserve, that I retire from this Senate Chamber 
without carrying with me a single feeling of reeenimcut 
or dissatisfaclioQ to the Senate or to any one of its mem- 
bers. 

I go from this place under the hope that wo shall mu- 
tually consign to perpetual oblivion, whatever personal 
collisions may at any time unfortunately have occurred 
between us; and that our recollections shall dwell in 
future only on those conllicts oi mind with rnirid, ihoso 
intellectual struggles, those noble exhibition? of the powers 
of logic, argument and eloquence, honorable to the Senalo 
and to the country, in which each has sought and con- 
tended for what he deemed the best mode of accomplish- 
ing one common object, the greatest interest and the most 
happiness of our beloved country. To these ihrillmg and 
delightful scenes it will be my pleasure and my pride to 
look back in my retirement. 

And now, Mr. President, allow me to make the motion 
which it was my object to submit when I rose to address 
you. I present the credentials of my friend and succes- 
sor. If any void has been created by my own withdrawal 
from the Senate, it will be filled to overflowing by him; 
whose urbanity, whose gallant and gentlemanly liearing, 
whose steady adherence to principle, and whose rare and 
accomplished powers in debate, are known already, in ad- 
vance, to the whole Senate and country. I move that his 
credentials be received, aad that the oath of office be now 
administered to him. 

In retiring, as I am about to do, for ever from the 
Peuate, sullVr me to express my heartfelt wishes that all 
t!»e great and patriotic oUjects for which it wa« constituted 
by the wise framer* of the Constitution, may be fulliiled; 
that the high destiny designed for it may be fully aa 
swered ; and that its deHberations, now and hereafter. 



19 



Th^ Seventh Month, or JULY— 1845, 



jj-eek\ r, \ ingli\ Moon \M(}on'8\Aspect$ of Planets &,-\ = i\ '5'<m. 

Diiys. \^^^^"^^"^'^ ^^y''\irater.\]i. ^- -S"-! Siscns.\ oth er Mhcellanies. \'^t\risen 6,- sets. 



Moon 2 « 
aouth. 1=^ 




1 Theobald 

2 Visit. V. M. 

3 Cornelius 

4 Independ'e. 

5 Demetrius 



27.) Till Sunday aft er Trini ty. 



12 1G; 2 13^ 7!,~, sets8 21 ; 3 4 367 21| 9 39,19 

1 0; 2 59 ^ 19 ip D O, O in apo.| 4-4 37,7 2340 28120 

1 39: 3 47>«4 r^tifiX prises 10 20: 44 377 2341 1G21 

2 151 sets 1^.^ 13'^d'$I),Iimap.j 44 377 2312 322 
2 49| 7 5 8;>-€ 25'^ siip^^Q, c/ $ D! 4|4 38 7 22|l2 5023 

Mark 8. Day's length 14 hours 44 minutes. 



7 Edelburga 



Sund 6 John Huss 

Mond 

Tues j 8 Aquila 

Wed ! 9 Zeno 

Thur 40 Israel 

Frid 11 Pius 

Satur!l2 Hcnry 



3 21(8 30-^ 7 Antares s. 9 15 

3 53 9 1 ^ 19N4 rises 12 33 

4 251 9 31:^ I'Arcturus sets2 5 

4 59: 9 59 £^ 13t) rises 9 7 

5 58'10 27-MS5 7*'s. rise 12 17 

6 2310 59|i3 8^^gr.H.L.N. 

7 2011 32::^ 2l'sJr$ sets8 24 



414 387 22^, 1 35 24 

5|4 38 7 22I 2 19 25 

5 4 39 7 21! 

514 397 21! 

5|4 40 7 20 

5,4 40 7 20 

5'4 41 7 19 



3 


3 26 


3 


47 27 


4 


3128 


5 


1720 


6 


6 30 



28.) 8th Sunday after T 


rinity. 


Mar 


k 7. Day's len 


gth 


14 hours 36 minutes. 


Sund 13 Margareta 


8 36 


morn'^ig 5 


Ant. S. 8 47 




4 42 


7 181 6 58; 1 


!Mond 14 Bonavcnt 


10 G 


12 12h^ 19 


¥J stationary 


6 


4 42 


7 18' 7 54 2 


Tues 15 S with in 


11 2ij 


12 5S^ 5 


SI Lyra s. 10 50 


6 


4 43 


7 171 8 53 3 


Wed IG Hilary 


morn 


1 52#> 18 


^ rises 9 36 n 


6 


1 41 


7 16 9 56. 4 


Thur 17 Alexus 


12 33 


2 56i^ 3 


Spica sets 10 53 


6 


1 44 


7 1610 58l 5 


Frid 18 Maternus 


1 25 


4 4^18 


^7^1) in perigee 


6 


4 45 


7 15 morn 6 


Satur 49 Ruffina 


2 13 


rises ff^ 3 


W 19th, 


6 


1 46 


7 1412 0| 7 



29.) 9lh Sunday after T 


■inity. 


Liik 


c 16. Day's len 


?lh 14 horns 28 


minuiep. 


Sund '20 Elijah 


2 54 


8 11^18 


c/ t) ]), cT station'y. 


6:4 46 7 14 


581 8 


]\I6nd21 Praxedes 


3 34 


8 473K 2 


c/c^]) 


64 47 7 13 


I 51.| 


Tues ^.22 Mary Mag. 


4 12 


9 22^ 17 


i gr. H. L. N. 


Gt 48 7 12 


2 4G10 


Wed '23 ApoHinaris 


4 47 


9 51^ 1 


Atair. s. 11 29 


64 197 11 


3 37 11 


Thur '24 Christiana 


5 32 


10 2^}<^ 15 


^i^D 


6 4 50 7 10 


4 25 12 


Frid 25 St. James 


6 18 


10 5S,«|^28 


fg^c^^2 


64 51 7 9 


5 1313 


Satur 26 St. Ann 


7 10 


11 :i3)^ 10 


^L C/2J.]) 


64 52 7 8 


6 014 



30.) 


lOth Sunday after Trinity. 


Luk 


e li). Day's len 


gth 14 hours 


16 minutes. 


Sund ' 

Mond 

Tues 

Wed 

Thur 


27 Martha 

28 Pantalcon 

29 Beatrix 

30 Upton 

31 Germanus 


8 21' morn 

9 3912 It 

10 19 12 47 

11 491 1 4() 
1 IG 2 35 


^.22 
v^lO 


Arietes rises 10 33 
?f If. rises 11 15 
-^ rises 8 16 
Lyra s. 9 51 w 
]) in apogee 


6,1 52 
6 1 5-3 
6i4 5t 
G I 55 
6,1 56 


7 

7 
7 


8 G 4815 
7 7 SGIG 
() 8 25 1 7 
5 9 1318 
410 47 19 



Has 31 Days. 



19 



«s^ 



MOON'S PHASES. 

'■ New Moon ike ilh, at 1 1 o^clock 29 minulcx, in the ^,,,- 
morning. ■^ 

First quarter the 12/A, at 9 o'clock 21 minutes, in ihe_^J^ 
morniiirr. r^' . ■ 

Full' Moon the 10 Ih, at 1 o' cluck 2 minutes, in //iC^T^' 
nturninp;, ^^" - 

Last quarter the 25th, at 10 o'clock 19 minutes, in the 3^/ 
qflcrnuon. "^ 

may evmlualc in restoring the pro?pcrity of our bolovpd 
country, in nininluiiiiiiR ils rights and iionors abroad, and 
in sci-unng and uplioldi ng its interests at home. I retire, 
I know it, at a period of infinite dit^lrcss and embarrass- 
ment. I wish I could lake my Icfive of you under more 
favorable auspices; but, without meaning at this time to 
say whether on any or on whom leproachcs for the sad 
condition of the country eiiould fall, I appeal to the 
Senate and to the world to l)par testimony to my earnest 
and anxious exertions to avert it, and that no blame can 
justly rest at my door. 

May the blesr^ing of Heaven rest upon the whole Senate 
and each member of it, and may the labors of every one 
redound to the benefit of the nation and the advancement 
of his own fame and renown. And when you shall retire 
to the bo.-om of your constituents, may you meet the 
most cheering and gratifying of all human rewards : their 
cordial greeting of " Well done, good and faithful ser- 
vants." 



SSr-rti 



%: ^Sh\hU^... .^.-^^.' 




THE MOON WAS SIIIMNc; Sir.VKR BRIGHT. 

A WHIG SONO, BT J. GUEENIER. 

Tu.vE— " Old Dan Tucker." 
The moonr^-ns sbininc^ silver bright, 
7'l.c stars with glory crowned llic niphf, 
Hisrii on a limb (hat " hiww. old coon," 
Was siiigincr (o himself this tunc: 

Got out of the way, you'ro nil nnbicky; 

Clear the track for old Kentucky ! 



m 






Now in a sad predicament, 
The f^nkics are for President, 
They have six horses in the pasture, 
And den't know which can run the faster. 

Get out of the way, &.c. 

The wajrnn horse from Pennsylvania, 
The l)ulcliman thinks bo's best of any; 
But 1)0 must dra^ in heavy stages, 
His federal notions and low wutjrs. 

Gel out of iIkj way, &,c. 

They proudly bring upon the course, 
An old and bro!;en down war-horse; 
They shout unfl sinnr, ' O rumpscy dumpsev. 
Col. Jolinson killed Tccumscy I' 

Get out of the way, <5cc. 

And here is Gas?, fhnujjli not a dunce. 
Will run both sides of the tr.Tck at once ; 
To will the race will pll things copy. 
Be sometimes pig, and soinclimes puppy. 

Get out of the way, 6ic. 

The fiery southern horse Calhoun, , 

Who hates a Fox and fears a Coon, 
To i">e the scratch will not be able, 
For Malty keeps him in the stahlr. 

Gel out of the way, &c. 

And here is Matty, never idle, 
A tricky horse that slips his bridle; 
In forty tour we'll show liim snon. 
The little Fox can't fool the Coon. 

Get out of the way, 6cc. 

The balky horse they call John Tylrr, 
We'll head liim soon, or buisl his boiler; 
His cursed 'Grippe' has seized us nil. 
Which Doctor Clay will cure next faH. 

Get out of the way, &c. 

The people's favorife, Henry Clay, 
Js now the ' Fashion' o( the duy ; 
And let the track be dry or mucky, 
'*^Ve'll stake our pile oh old Kentucky. 

Gel out of the way, he'.'; s\» ifl and focky 
Clear the track for old Kentucky ! 



20 



The Eighth Month, or AUGUST— 1845, 



fVccklr, 1 ut r. I Ht^h\ Afoon] Moons' Aspect s nf Planets &'c> 

Z)«v*- r ''""'' '' ^"'J'- Water. \R..S'R.\S'^gns.\ other Miscellanies, j^l 



1 S'ln I JlJoon |-o >; 

\rises .5' sels.\ south. |-4 



Frid jl 
Satur2 



Lammas day 
Stephen 



1 16 
1 52 



3 30 

sets 



ci^ 4:^ sets 8 14 



611. 57,7 3 
614 58)7 2 



10 47(20 

11 3321 



31.) 


I Ith Sunday after '1 


'rinity. 




Luke 


18. Day's lengih 14 hours 2 


minutes. 


Sund 


3 Augustus 


2 25 


7 5 


ff IG 


m^ 3d, 


61 


59 7 112 18'22 


Mond 


1 Dominick 


2 51 


7 3.3 


^^'8 


^^in?f 


Q5 


07 


1 2 23 


Tues 


5 Oswald 


3 29 


8 3 


i^io 


d'i^J),d'^D,d^ris818 


6.5 


16 59 


1 46 24 


Wed 


6 An. of Christ 


4 1 


8 32 


M''^'^ 


Lyra s. 9 18 


65 


2 6 58 


2 30^5 

3 16 26 


Thur 


7 Godfrey 


4 36 


9 3 


383 5 


^ gr. H. L. S. 


55 


36 57 


Frid 


8 Emily 


5 13 


9 3.J 


73 IB 


c^l^ 


5,5 


4 6 56 


4 327 


SaturO Ericus 


5 5810 11 


^ 1 


2|. rises 10 31 


5 5 


5G 55 


4 5328 



32.) 12lh Sunday after 



Sund |10 St. Lawrcn'e 
Mo'ndll Titus 
Tucs 12 Clara 
AVcd 113 Hildibert 
Thur 14 Eusebia 
Frid 15 Assn. V. M. 
SaturilO Rochus 



Frinity. 

6 51 

8 12 

9 45 

11 11 
morn 

12 19 
1 11 



Mark 7. 



Day's length 13 hours 48 minutes. 



10 53 

11 42 
morn 

12 39 

1 43 

2 53 
4 7 



cfi 15^ T^ s. 11 55 ! 5|5 6,6 54 

qi^ 29 sji' I^cg. s. 7 18 5I5 7 6 53 

^^ ISRcguluss. 12 31 I 55 96 51 

^4 27$ sets 8 12 I 5 5 106 50 

?^ 12):)inper. ^^inaphe.' 4|5 116 49 

M 26^ gr. Elong. E I 4 5 12 6 48 

f^% lOArctur. setsll 33 415 13 6 47 



Day's len;ffth 13 hours 

'^h 25ic^ c/ cT i 

i^lO,WcPcf O^c/^? 

:^ 25 Spica sets 8 46 
lif4 9|d'lJI2)d^riscs8 14 
'5^232]. rises 9 49 3 5 19 b 

'^, 6!cri).])Atairs.l015 35 206 
\'^ 19,8i riusrise s 4 5 | 25 21 16 

Lnke 17. Day's length 13 hours 



5 
6 

7 
8 
9 

10 
11 



4529 
42 30 
4131 

41 I 

42 2 
41 3 
3S 4 



33.) 13lh Sunday after Trinity. 



rs 32 minutes. 



Sund 

Mond 

Tues 

Wed 

Thur 

Frid 

Satur 



17 Bertram 

18 A;]japitus 

19 Sebaldus 

20 Bernard 

21 Rebecca 

22 Philibert 
2:^ Zacheus 



1 55 

2 36 

3 13 



50 

26 

4 

49 



rises 
7 15 



7 
8 
8 
9 
10 



50 
22 
56 
33 
12 



4'5 14|6 
4|5 15|6 
4 5 17 6 
3 5 186 
35 19'6 
206 
o 216 



46 
45 
43 
42 
41 
40 
39 



morn 



12 
1 

Q 

3 
3 

4 



33 

24 

15 

4 



5310 
42 11 



34.) 14lh Sunday after Trinity. 



16 minutes. 



Sund 121 StBartholo. 6 38 

Mond'25 Ludovicus 7 38 

Tues 26 Sanniel 8 51 

Wed '27 Gebhard 10 9 

Thur:28 St. Ausu.stin 11 4 

Frid 29 John behed. 12 

gaturjSO Benjamin 12 48 
*^5.) ITiih Suiuhiy after Trinity 

SundT31 Paulina I 1 26] 



10 53 

11 40 
morn 

12 29 

1 21 

2 18 

3 16 






f,^. ... ^^ Lyras. 816 2 5 2\ 

^25h s. 10 15 \ 25 25 

^ 7Atair s. 9 26 15 26 

w^ 181; in apo. ^station. 15 27 

(^ Insets 7 46 I 15 29 

(ef 1 3cj^in pcrtlie r2|. Stat.' 5-30 6 

Matt, 2. Day's lenglli 12 hou 



22 6 



38 

36 
35 
31 



31|12 
19|13 

,8|11 
5615 
43,16 



31 9 2917 
30 10 14 18 



rs 58 minulP! 



I 1 261 4 14l^25iFomal s. 12 8 I 0i5 3116 29;i0 59J19 



Has 31 Days. 



24 



MOON'S PHASES. 



_^?>"i:36a- 



New Moon the 3d, at 2 o'' chick 2 1 minutes, in the morn- 

First qitarlcr the \Olh, at 5 o'clock 40 minutes, in the ff-jJ 
(crnninu ■ ^- .^ 

FiiJl Moon the I7lh, at 8 o^lock 17 minutes, in the morn- 
ing. }-.■ 

Last quarter the 2ith, al 1 o^loc/c 26 minutes, in the nf- W — --^^ .---^. . 
ternoon. ~ 




y%. ft. 




i@&j; 



THE DAYTON GATHERING. 

To Dayton wc liave come, my boys, 

All in a jjrcat array, 
AiiH we will sing- and shout aloud, 
Iluira for Henry Clay ! 

Hurra, hurra, hurra, for Henry Clay, 
Hurra, hurra, hurra, for Henry Clay. 

He is the man for u?, my boys, 

He's honest, jfteat and true; 
And he ean beat that llLlle Van, 

Or any of his crew. Hurra, &c. 

It's right to have the people meet. 

In a pood old fashioned wav ; 
And when tliey've met to sing Hurra, 

Hurra for Harry Clay! Hurra, &c. 

He lives in old Kcntuck, my boys, 

The banner Stale, you know. 
And she has lots of relatives, 

The nearest O-h-i-o ! Hurra, &c. 

The first, is little Tennessee, 

And she is not so slow, 
And when election docs come on, 

For Harry Clay she'll go. Hurra, A-o. 

The next is Louisiana State, 

On her you can depend. 
To boast alonjf old Harry Clay, 

A helping hand she'll lend. Hurra, &c. 

Old North Carolina is safe enough, 

For Ifarry Clay, is she, 
Old Captain Tyler she will head, 

And veto him ";)ec se." Hurra, &c. 

When Georgia votes in forty-four. 

She'll rank among the best. 
Of those that help along the ball 

For Hurry of the West. Hurra, Ac. 

The next relation is (hat State 

Which is called Maryland, 
And she-has pledged herself to go. 

For tlitf^liirmer of Asiiland ! Hurra, &o. 

Of the Empire State I need not speak, 

Hut tills much will I say, 
Tliit she has done with her favorite son. 

And goes for Harry CI<iy. Huna, &c. 



The Yankee States they arc all safe, 

For Chiy and Davis too. 
While liittic Rhody opposes Dorr, 

And Ca|)lain Tyler loo. Hurra, &C. 

New Jersey Slate is safe and true, 

For Harry of the West, 
For she has said that of all men. 

That man she loves the best. Hurra, &c. 

The little Slate of Delaware, 

She's "glorious to behold," 
And in eighteen hundred forty-four. 

The right tale will be told. Hurra, &c. 

And yet there is the Keystone State, 

Ar)d she'll not fail to be 
In eighteen hundred forty-four 

With the rest of the family. Hurra, &c. 

The Wolverines are a set of boys 

The Locos cannot buy. 
And when they growl and show their teeth. 

For Harry Clay they'll cry.- Hurra, &c. 

And "last not least," the Hoosier Slate 

Will do what she has done. 
And give to Harry of the West 

What she gave to Harrison. Hurra, &c. 

In eighteen hundred forly-four, 

The people all will sav, 
Thiit for our President we'll have 

The Patriot, Henry Clay. Harra, <S:c. 

Three rheers for Harry of Ihc Wesl, 

Three cheers for Davis, ton. 
Three cheers for Tom, ihe NVagon Hoy, 
Three cheers for ladies true. 

Hurra, hurra, hurra, for Harry Cl.ir, 
Hurra, hurra, hurra, for Harry Clay. 



" Why should Mr. Van Duren be rlcrfrJ V is a que.s- 
tion in ilie mouth of every Whi^. And what is ihe 
reply of the Locoforos ! '• Herause the people were fools 
for not electing him in 1840." 

A writer in the (Jlohe says that ho saw lately '-the 
ghost of eoone'V." and that it was tlie u:;hc-^t looking 
phosi he ev«r did sec. The fool was no doubt fiighleucU 
at his own shadow. 



Ol 



The Ninth Month, or SEPTEMBER— 1845, 



Jfnk 
JJni/s. 


Rcmfirkablc Days.,,.-'] 


Moon 'Moons .i.s peels of I'htncis t^-' 
R.^- S.\ Signs. ^ oilier Miiicellanifif. J 


i^ 




Mond 

Tues 

Wed 

Thur 

Frid 

Satur 


1 Ei:;idius 

2 Eliza 

3 JNIansuetus 

4 Moses 

5 Nathaniel 

6 Magnus 


2 

2 33 

3 5 

3 39 

4 15 
4 55 


sets '^ 6/f3K $ sets 7 30 
G 36^ 10^^d'^2)c?sl0 57 
7 0-=^ 2,^^Y. H.L.S. 

7 375S3 15^$ ^ 

8 14'2*5 28:; rises 8 47 
8 53q«(g 11, Lyras. 7 30 




1 
1 
1 
2 
2 


5 32 6 28'11 4120 
5 34;6 26 12 2821 
5 35,6 25 1 14 92 
5 366 21 2 123 
5 37 6 23' 2 5024 
5 396 21, 3 4225 



36.) 

Sund I 

Mond 

Tues 

Wed I 

Thur 

Frid 



16lh Suiulay afler Trinity. 

7 Regina / 5 43 

8 Nat. Y. M. '6 41 

9 Bruno ; 7 57 



Luke 8. 



Day's length 12 hours 40 miniilea. 



10 Pulcheria 

11 Protus 

12 J. Wickliffe 



9 41 |c|g 25 Aldeb sets 8 37 J^i 2 5 40 

10 31^ 9T) s. 9 53 , 35 41 

11 33, .jf$ 23 -^m n I 35 42 



9 29 mornl^ 7 slP' Atair s. 8 27| 3 5 43 



6 201 4 3726 
6 19| 5 3^27 
6 18| 6 3228 
6 171 7 3129 



Saturll3 Araatus 



,10 5312 38^21 Inf. c/^ O i '^^ 45 6 15^ 8 2830 

■morn 1 47*^ 5p in perigee c/? ]), 4 5 46,6 14,' 9 24 31 
il2 2 51\f^20\^^l> I 45 4816 12^0 19i 1 



37.) 


17lh Sunday afler Trinity. 




Luke 7. Day's len 


^th 12 hours 22 minutes 


. 


8und 14 El. H.Cross 


12 53 


4 9 


^52 sets 7 23 


55 496 11 11 11 ^ 


INlond 15 Euphemia 


1 35 


rises 


SJ 19^r^c^s. 9 59 


55 506 10 morn 


3 


Tues 


16 Nicetas 


2 14 


6 19 


^ ^Wc/w^ 


55 526 812 2 


4 


Wed 


17 Ember day 


2 51 


6 52 


^^ISsin*^ 


65 536 7 12 53 


5 


Thur 


18 SieglVicd 


3 26 


7 28 


ip^ 1 cT stationary c/ 1}. ]) 


65 5i6 6 1 42 


6 


Frid 


19 Miclcta 


4 2 


8 07 


^14^ stationary"^ 


6 5 55\6 5; 2 32 


7 


Satur 


20 Jonas 


4 40 


8 49 


;^26 7*'sr. 8 6:4.r.7 46 


7 5 56 6 4| 3 22 


8 



38.1 



18th Sunday after Trinity. 
5 20 



Luke 14. 



Day's lengtli 12 hours 4 minutes 



Sund 21 St. Matthew 
Mond 22 Maurice 
Tues 23 Josca 
Wed |24 St. John con. 
Thur 25j,Clcophas 
Frid i2G Just in a 
Satur )27 Cosmus 



39.) lOih Sunday afier Trinity. 

Sund 128 W inceslaus il2 15 
Mond 29 St. Michael 112 56 



V \ Tues 130 St. Jerome • 1 



35 



2] 4 11| 9 
1| 5 010 

1 5 59, 5 49 11 

2 5 58 6 37|I2 
35 57j 7 23|I3 
4 5 56 8 9114 

65 541 8 5U15 

Day's length 11 hours 46 niiuinps. 

1!^ 2Fomalh s. 10 24' I 9|6 1\5~5'5\ 9 3^16 
l|^ 15lc/$])Atairs. 7 14106 8'5 52 10 2317 
■i-M 28[2|. rises v 5 11 0,6 105 50 1 1 918 



9 331^ 9^incftArc.s.924| 75 586 
6 310 23^^.21 Lyra.s. 6 32 U | 75 596 
6 5811 15>-!eK 3 /^"^ Autumn com 

8 5| morn >^ 14 ^i^ ]) in apogee 

9 15 12 0»«^26t) s. 8 45 

10 27, 1 5[^ 8:^ sets 7 40 

11 28' 2 l'JC20^inperih.c^s. 914 



86 
86 
86 
96 
96 



Malt. 22. 



Has 30 Days. 



^^'^e. 

% ^^H. 



MOON'S PHASES. 

New Moon th,e 1*7, al -1 o^lock 34 minutes, in the after- 
noon. 

Fird Quarter the 9lli, at 12 o'clock '23 minutes, in the niorr- 
tng. '■ ' 

Full Moon Ike 15/A, al 5 o'' clock 13 minutes, in the after- 
noon. 

Last Quarter the 23(7, at 7 o''clock 25 minutes, in the morn- 
ing. 



1. 




HENRY CLAY'S SPEECH 0\ THE PUBLIC 
LAND BILL. 

Senate of the United Stales, 1832. 

No subject which had prescnled itself to the present, or per- 
haps iiiiy preceding ('ongress. was of greater niagniuule than 
thitt of the puhhc lands. There was another, indeed, which 
possessed a more exciting and ahsorhing interest — but the ex- 
citement was ha]ipily but temporary in its nature. Long after 
we shall cease to bo agitated by tlie tarilF, ages after our m:ui- 
uficinres shall have acquired a stability and fierfection which 
will enable them siiccesslully to cope with the manufaciures 
of any other country, the public finds will remain a subject 
of deep and enduring interest. In whatever view we con- 
template them, there is no question of such vast importance. 
^6 to their extent, there is public land enough to found an 
empire; stretching across the immense continent, from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, from the Gulf of -Mexico to the 
north-western lakes, the quantity, according to o/licial survevs 
and estimates, amounting to the prodigious sum of one billion 
and eighty millions of acres ! As to the duration of the in- 
teie-t reg.irdid as a source of comfort to our i)eoplc, and of 
public income — during the last year, when the greatest quan- 
tity was sold that ever in one year had been previously sold, 
it amounted 10 less than three millions of acres, producing 
three millions and a half of dollars.. Assuming that year as 
alforJing the standard rate at which the lands will he annu- 
ally sold, it would require three hundred years to dispo.se of 
them. But the salfs will probably be accelerated from in- 
cieas.d population and other causes. Wc may safely, how- 
ever, anticip.iie that long, if not centuries after the present 
day, the rejiresentativesof our children's children maybe 
deliberating ia the halls of Congress, on laws relating to the 
public lands. 

The subject, in other points of view, challenged the fullest 
ntiei.tionof an -American statesman. If there were any one 
circmiistance more than all others which distinguish our liappy j 
cuidition from that of the nations of tlie old woild, it was ihej 
possession of this vast national property, and I he -resources' 
which It afl'orded to our people and our government, Noj 
European nation, (posMt.ly with the exception of • Kus.ia,) 
commmded such an ample resour(;c. With respect to (he 
other republics of this couiiiieut, wchave no information thati 
any of tliom liave yet adopted a rccular system of previous; 
sur^ey and subsequent sale of their wild lands, in convenient 
tr.icis, well difjiied, and adapted to ihe wants of nil. On the 
contrary, the probability is, that they adhere to the ruinous 



and mad system of old Sjjain, according to which large on- 
surveyed districts arc granted to favorite indivi<luals, prejodi- 
cial to them, who often sink under the incumbrance and #b 
in ]>overty, whilst the regular current of emigration is cliecked 
and diverted from its legitimate channels. 

If llic power of the principle of the proposed distribution ho 
satisfactory to tlie Senate, 1 think the objects cannot fail to bo 
equally so. They are education, internal impiovemenls, nnJ 
colonization — all gre.it and beneficent objects — all national 
ill their nature. No mind can be cultivated and improved ; 
no work of internal improvement can be executed in any 
part of the Union, nor any person of color transported from 
any of its ports, in which the whole Union is not interested. 
Tlie prosperity of the whole is an aggregate of the prosperity 
of the parts. 

The Stales, each judging for itself, will select among the 
objects enumerated in the bill, that which comjiorts best with 
its own policy. 'J'here is no compulsion in the choice. Some 
will prefer, perhaps, to ajiply the fund to the extinction of 
debt, now burilensome, created for internal improvement ; 
some to new objects of internal improvement ; others to ulu- 
caiion ; and others again to colonization. It may he sup- 
posed possible that the States will divert the fund from the 
specified purposes; but against such a misapplication vte 
have, in the fir^^t place, the security which arises cut of their ' 
presumed good faith ; and, in the second, the jiowcr to with- 
hold subsequent, if there has been any abusp ia previou* 
appropriation. 



On Davy Crockett's return to his constituents, after his 
first session in Congress, a •' nation" of them surrounded 
him one day. and began to interrogate him about Uashing- 
ton. •' What time do they dine at Washington, Col.mel V' 
asked one. — ' Why,' said he, ' common people, such as you 
are here, get their dinners at one o'clock, l>ut the gfiitrv and 
big 'uns dine at three. As for representatives we dine at 
four; and the aristocracy and the senate, they don't get their 
victu^s till five.' " Well, when does the Pr'si.liril fotlder ?" 
asked another. 'Old Hickory!' exclaimed the Colonel 
(attempting lo appoint a time in accordance with the dignity 
of the station.) ' Old Hickory 1 well he donU dine till next 
duy: 



One of the " crowing" Chapmans has raarried into flie 
Whig fanailv, as vide the Inllowing: 

At WesliidJ, *Mr. Arnold Chapman, to Mi^s Frances 
Coon. 



ft4 



The Tenth Month, or OCTOBER— IS iJ, 



'^''^^^" \Rcmnrkabh Dnrjs I ^^'=^' I ^'^^''''" \Moon\s\.Q>ipects of Planets <S-| = 7| Sun 1 .Voo/j I23 
Days. 1^^"^'^ ^^"y^' \iraler.\R. » -S'-l ^tV»^. | o/ Acr Misg Uanies. \^^\ris es 4- *e/«.| aoi///t = » 



Wed 

Thur 

Frid 

Satur 



40.) 

Sand 

Lend 
les 
Wed 
Thur 
Frid 
Satur 



2 10 sets |3?^ I0|/f|p!!5).c/^lil0,?s.76106 115 49111 5619 

2 48 6 lo|5*5 25f@('cr s. 8 57 ilU6 12A48il2 4G20 

3 23 6 53jC^ tIc/? D '11 G 1 iT !(. 

4 2 7 39ic|g 22iFonKi] s. 10 1 ^ \ \(> i.;.-,jo 

20lli Sunday after Trinity. - Matt. 22. Day's lenfflh 11 hours 28 minutes 



1 Remigius 

2 Ch. Columb. 

3 J air us 

4 Franciscus 



1 3821 

2 32;2^ 



5 Phicidus 
G Fides, 

7 Amelia 

8 Pelaj^ius 

9 St. Dcnys 

10 Gereon 

11 Burkhard 



4 4G 8 29 #^ 6 7*'s rise 7 21 120 1G5 44| 3 2923 

5 31- 9 2G$^20j n 12 G 17 5 43{ 4 2724 

6 32 10 31^ 4'^orr.HLN.T?s.754 12:G 18;5 42 5 2525 

7 42 11 37^ lSi^% Din pGiio;ee 12!g 205 40, 6 222Q 
9 7|morn,^ 2 ^jl^ Ant. sets 7 44 13 215 39| 7 1827 



: 10 24 12 47 fA 1^ V t) 2) :13|G 22>5 37 

ill 3 8! 1 oolSc Ij/ cTD L yras.2 1443)G 245 36 

41.) 2 1st Sunday after Trinity. John 4. 



8 1128 

9 2 29 



Day's length 11 hours 10 min<ites. 



Sund il2 Veritas 
Mond 13 Colonion 
Tues |14 Fortunata 
Wed 15 Hcdu'ick 
TluirllG Gallus 
Frid |17 Florentine 
Satur 18 St: Luke Ev. 



morn 
12 30 



12 
51 
28 
3 
40 



3 3iS; 15;Atair s. 6 31 

-i 7 S* 29|$ sets 7 4 



1146 255 35] 9 5330 
146 2Q5 34'10 42' 1 



5 \1\^, 13|c/I+I3)Arct.s. 8 4446 2S5 32,11 32, ^ 
rises i^i^ ^^ £%% s. 7 2^ |l46 295 31i morn ^ 



6 0;^ 9^/0/4^, T) Stat. 146 305 3012 22, 4 

6 43^22Fomal s. 9 \0 'Ij' |15G 315 29, 1 12j 5 

7 2i\^ 4I2J.S. 12 35 |l5,6 335 271 2 21 6 



42.) 22d Sunday after Trinity. 



Matt. 18. 



Day's lenfflh 10 hours 50 minutes. 



"Simd 10 Ptolemy 
IVIond 20 I'elicianus 

♦Tues 21 Ursula 
Wed 22 Cordula 



Thur |23 Severinus 
Frid 21 Salome 
Satur 25 Crispin 

43.) 2:id Sunday a fter Trinity. 

Sund '26 Arnandus 
Mond 27 Sabina 
Tues 28 Simon Jude 
Wed '29 Zuin-lius 
Thtir 30 Scra|)ion 



4 16| 8 Tr;f^. IGProcyon r. 11 32 15:6 355 25 

4 55| 9 G^X'-i^'^s. 8 15 U • 15 6 'M5 24 

5 3gI 9 59».^ ll'$inaph.Ar.sll4245 6 37,5 23 

6 22|10 5:)y^<22^D in apogee Il56 385 22 

7 1311 d2s^I 4/^Arctu. r. 7 26|16i6 395 21 

8 19 mom ^ IG Aj^$ sets 6 59 16jG 40,5 20 

9 23|l2 49|^28iPollux ris. 9 4 4 I16I6 425 18 

Matt. 22. 



2 52 7 

3 41 8 
29 9 
1610 

2 11 
47 12 
3113 



Day's length 10 hours 34 minutes. 

015 



Frid 



131 Wolfiiiang 



10 35! 1 47 Ji lOlSup. ^^O |16i6 435 17| 8 

11 36 2 18S|23'Sirius rises 11 19 16 6 445 16 9 

12 24 3 50:;^ Gjf 2]. O T^ s. G 23 llGG 455 15 9 4716 
1 7 4 534fe20k south 11 39 !l6,6 475 1310 3617 

1 47 sets c|^ 3,C^ O ^'^%^^'^^ '^^^ ^^'' 1211 2618 

2 2^ 5 32<^ 17|"#^])inap. ^in^^MGG 61-5 ll|l2 2319 



lias 31 Days. 



25 



MOON'S PHASES. 

New Muon the Ist, at 5 u\luck 58 minutes, in the ^ 
mornins;, ^5 

f Y/-.S/ Quarter the 8th, at f> o'clock 30 minutes, in the ^J-- 
morninsr. '■■ 

Full Moon the \5lh, at 4 o\-liick 55 minutes, in the ^^ 
rntirning. -^.^ 

Last Quarter the 13 J, at 3 o'clock 13 minutes, in the;::^-^^, 
iiuirntng. .=£S2ri 

New Moon the 30/// at G o'clock 41 minutes, in the 
afternoon. 




HEi\RY CLAY'S SPEECH ON THE COM- I 

PROMISE ACT. I 

Senate of the United Slates, 1833. 
I have boen accused of ambition in presenting this measure. I 
Ambition! inordinate ambition ! If 1 had thought of myself 
only, I shoiilii have never brouijlit it forward. I know well i 
the perils to vi'hich I cxjiosc myself; the risk of alienatino I 
laithful and valued friends, with but little prospect of making j 
new ones, if any new ones could compensate for the loss of; 
ihosc whom we have long tried and loved ; and the lutncst 
misconceptions both of friends and foes. Ambition ! If I had 
Jixlenod t.) its soft and seducing whispers; If I had yielded I 
Inysclf to the dictates of a cold, calculating, and prudential 
'|iolioy, I would have stood still and unmoved. I might even 
have silently gazed on the raging storm, enjoyed its loudest 
tliunders, and left tliose who are charged with the care of the 
vessel of State, to conduct it as they could. I have been j 
heretofore often unjustly accused of ambition. Low, grovel- 
ling souls, who are utterly inca[iable of elevating themselves 
to the iiigher and nobler duties of pure patriotism — beings 
who, lor ever keeping their own selfish aims in view, decide ; 
all puV)lic measures by their presumed influence on their ag- 
grantlizement, judge mc by the venal rule which they pre- 
scrd»e to themselves. I have given to the winds those false i 
accusations, as I consign that which now impeaches my I 
motives. I have no desire for ofTice, not even the iiighest. ! 
'i"he most exalted is but a prison, in which the incarcerated 
incumbent dady receives his cold, heartless visitants, marks 
his weary hours, and is cut ofTfroin the practical enjoyment i 
ol all the blessings ol' genuine freedom. I am no candidate 
for any office in the gifi of the people of liicse States, united 
or separated ; I never wish, never expect to be. I'ass this ' 
bdl, Iranquilize the country, restore confidence and afTection 
in the Union, and I am willing logo home to Ashland, and 
renounce pubUc service for ever, i siiould there find, in its [ 
groves, under its shades, on its lawns, amidst my flocks and 
herds, in the bosom of my family, sincerity and truth, attach- 
^rneiit and lidelity, and gratitude, which I have not always j 
found in the waHie of [lublic life — ^Ves, I have ambition, 
but It is tlip arnbiiion ul being ihi- humble in-trument, in the i 
hands ol Providence, to reconcile a divided people, once more ' 
t'> revive concord and hiirmony in a distracted land — the ! 
pleasing amhiiioii of contemplating the glorious spectacle of 
a tree, united, pro-perous, and fraternal pc>iple ! 



Let mc, in a few words, present to the Senate whit are my 
own views as to the structure of this governnicnl I hold 
that no powers can legitimately be exercised under it but 
such as are expressly delegated, and those which are neces- 
sary to carry these into clVect. Sir, the executive power, as 
existing in this governtnent, is not to be traced to the notion 
of Montesquieu, or of any other writer of that class, in tho 
abstract nature of the executive power. Neither is liie legis- 
lative nor the judicial power to be decided by any such refer- 
ence. These several powers with us, whatever they may be 
elsewhere, arc just what the Constitution has made them, and 
nothing more. And as to the general clauses in which refer- 
ence is made to either, they are to be controlled and inter- 
preted bji those where these several powers arc specially 
delegated, otherwise the executive will become a crcat vortcv 
that must end in swallowing up all the rest. Nor will the 
judicial power be any longer restrained by the restraining 
clauses in the Constitution, which relate to its exercise. A 
What then, it will be asked, does this clause, that the Presi- 
dent shall see that the laws are faithfully executed, mean? 
Sirs, it means nothing more nor less than this, that if resis- 
tance is made to the laws, he shall take care that resistance 
shall cease. Congress, by the 1st article of the 8th section 
of the Constitution, is re(juired to jirovide for calling out the* 
militia to execute the laws, in case of resistance. Sir, it 
might as well be contended uiuhr that clause, that Congres'i 
have the power of determining what are, and what are not 
the laws of the land. Congress has the power of calling out t 

the military ; well sir, what is the President, by the (Consti- 
tution 1 He is commander of the army and navy of the United 
States, and of the militia wlien called out into actual service. 
When, then, we are here told that he is clothed with the 
whole jiliysical power of the nation, and when we arc after, 
wards told, that we must take care that the laws arc faithful- 
ly executed, is it possible that any man can be so lost to the 
love of liberty, as not to admit that this goes no farther than 
to remove any resistance which may be made to the execution 
of the laws] Wc have established a system in which power 
has been carefully divided among dilTerent depaitments of the 
government. And we have been toUl a thousand timrs, that 
this division is indispensable as a safe-guard to civil hb Ky. 
We have designated the dcpiirtments, and have establislii.! 
in each, officers to examine the power beli)nging to cadi. 
The PresitKjnt, it is true, presides over the whole ; his eye 
survpvK the whole extent of the sv«tein in all its movement*. 



26 



The Eleventh Month, or NOVEMBER— 1845, 



3 2 



W'icA- I,. I. )t n I ^K^^' I ^^oon \Moons\isprct.s of Pinnefs ^'{•^t.\ Sun 

nays, ^"^^o^'^"'^''^ ^°y'^-\lFatr.r .\R, S,- S.\ Sigm.l olke r Miscellanies. |.a = }rtV.^ S,- se'a.\ south. ^% 

Satjr I 1 All Sai'nt^ | 3 1Q| 6 23|^ 2|jlcts 7 3 \WQ 5015 101 1 20120 



JiiL 

Surid 

Mond 

Tnes 

Weil 

Thur 

FTid 

SaFur 



Matt. 9. 



24ll« Sunday after 'J'rinlly 

T 7ui Soul s~" iT^3 7 \^m iSc/s d 

4 38 8 23 i^ O in perigee 

5 26 



nay*s length 10 hffwrs 18 m'tnntes 
"^TGG 5 



3 Thcophilus 

4 Clmrlotte 

5 Maiachias 

6 Leonard 

7 Englcbert 

8 Cecilia 



515 

IGG 525 

9 30^ 15t^nOAi'. s. 11 17 16 6 545 

6 1910 39;^29Alioth s. 10 1 16 6 o'jo 

7 2311 Al ^ 13^ 6th, c/ t? ]) 166 565 

8 37 morn ^^ 27 >Jf c^ s. 7 20 16 6 57 5 

9 56.12 54:SJ llc/d']) 166 585 



2 1921 

3 1922 

4 1823 

5 14 2 1 

6 825 

6 5926 

7 3927 



45 ) 25ili Sundiiy after Trinity. 



Matt. 24. 



Day's length 10 lioiirs 2 minutes. 



Sund I 9 Theodore 
]\Iond 10 Mart. Luth. 
Tucs 11 P. Melanc. 
Wed 12 Jonas 
Thur |l3 Winebcrt 
Frid !l4 Levinus 
Satur|l5 Leopold 



111 51 2 0^ 25^ in aphe.2i.s 1053 106 595 

I morn! 3 6 ^^ 8^/1^ D 16 7 0,5 

il2 2, 4 10^2L7*'s.s. 12 32 16 7 

|12 49 5 13^ 4d'2l.])$-r.II.L.S.16 7 

1 29, 6 19^- 17/:i>^13th,X'eclip.l5 7 

2 7' rises i^ 01^ $ sets 7 17 15 7 
2 44| 6 Iftl^. 12 t> sets 10 21 ,15 7 



li 8 37 28 

0: 9 25 29 

14 5910 14 30 

3 4 57 11 3 31 



44 56,11 53, 1 
5 4 5o^ morn' 2^ 
64 5412 43 3 



46.) 26ili Siuiilay after Trinity. 



Day's length 9 hours 48 minntes. 



Sund ,16 Ottotnar 
Mond 17 Alpheus 
Tues 18 Galasius 
Wed |19 Elizabeth- 
^hur 20 Amos 
Fi;id 21 Off. V. ]\I. 
Satur 22 Alphonsus 



3 20 6 57 5^, 2V^ s. 7 4 

3 5o 7 49 »»^^ 6Alioth s. 9 12 

4 30 8 44>^ \S\i\. s. 10 3 

5 7i 9 11 c^ OD in apogee 

4 47 10 36-^ 12 Formal s. Q 5Q 

6 30 11 3t<«C 21 /S^^lst, 

7 23, morn.^ 6lVL / s. 6 52 



15 7 6 4 54 

15 7 7 4 53: 

15 7 84 52i 

147 94 51 

14 7 104 50, 

14,7 114 491 

14l7 124 4Si 



1 33 4 

2 22\ 5 

3 9 6 

3 56 7 

4 41 8 

5 24 9 

6 840 



47.) 27ih Sunday after Trinity 



Sund 23 Clement 
Mond 24 Chrisogenes 
Tucs '25 Catharine 
Wed 26 Conrad 
Thur i27 Josaphat 
Frid '28 Guntherus 
Satur 29 Saturn 



Day's length U hours 34 ninuiies^ 

8 32 12 32!^T8Lyra s. 9 14 137 134 47i 6 5^11 



9 37| 1 32582 1 Alioth s. 8 44 
|10 41 2 34:^^ 14$ sets 7 35 
11 49 3 40i592 27t>sets9 41 
il2^ 53 4 4-6\^ 11 Sirius rises 9 19 
I 1 29! 5 54'c|g25'/ffi5l5y2]-s.9 30 
i 2 15 sets i#) lO^f 29th, 



13 7 144 46^ 7 36 12 
13 7 144 46 8 2313 
127 15,4 45! 9 1314 
12 7 164 4 1 10 615 
12 7 164 44 11 3,16 
11,7 174 4312 S!l7^ 



48.) Ist Sunday in Advent. 



iMs^ 21. 



Day's lengili 91ioiirs 24 mmuies. 
Sund |30 St. Andrew 1 2 5|[^ ' 81^5^ 25ld'^]}, ^grTl.L.i^.'l 1,7 1S4 42! 1 6 18 



Has 30 Days. 



* MOON'S PHASES. 

First Quarter the Gfh, at 1 o'clock 14 minutes, in lhr:\ 

aftcrnri'in, _ 'l' ,'''., 

Fult ^fl>nn the 13//^ at 7 o'clock, 51 minutes, in t/ic"^.-' 

aflernonn. 

Last Quarter Ike 21s/, at 1 1 o^lvck 25 minutes, in the \ ,\ 

afternnnn. lli.l"i.l 

New Mtmn the 29M, at 6 a'dock 40 ?ninutcs, in the ^^im 

morning. -- 



T^^wiiii^tW^'i-c^i^v-i;;.:''-! 






•<. 



!*'r'i 




Rut has he thr powrr to rnter into thp roii'ts, for example, 
RMil tell them whHt is to he done ? Or may he come heic, 
Hiid tell lis the samel Or when we have made a law, can 
he withhold ihc power necessary to its practical effect ! He 
riMves, it is true, in a hiijh, a glorious sphere. It is his to 
watch over the whole with a i^aternal eye ; and, when any 
one wheel of the vast m;ichinc is for a (ime interrupted by the 
occurrence of invasion or rchrllion, it i? his care to propel its 
movements, and to furnish it with the requi-iite mejn-j of per- 
forming Its appropriate duty in its own place. 

That this is the true interpret ition of the constitutional 
claise to which I h^ive alluded, is inferred from the total 
►^ilence of all ciii)tcmp.)raneous expositions of that instrument 
on the suhject. I have myself (and when it was not in my 
power personally, have caused others to aid me ) made re- 
seirches into the nuinl)ers of the Federalist; the debates in 
the Virginia convention, and in the conventions of other 
St ites, as well as iili oth''r sources of information to which I 
could obtain access, and I have not, in a solitary instance, 
found the slightest color for the claims set up in these most 
• xlraordiuriry limHs for the Ptesidt-nt. that he has aulhoriiy 
to affjrd or withhold at pleasure the mean* of enforcing the 
laws, and to superintend and control an officer charged with 
a Kjiecific duty, made by the law exclusively his. But, sir, I 
have found some authorities which strongly militate against 
a;iv such cUini. If the doctrine he indeed true, ihcii it -is 
most pviiltMit that there is no longer any other control over 
our affiirs ihin that exerted by the President. If it bo true 
that when a duty is by Uw spi'ciall^- ai-iirned to a particular 
oliicer. the President may go into his oiTice and control him 
in the manner of performing it, then is it most manifest that 
all barrio s fir the safely of the treasury are gone. Sir, it is 
thai union of the purse and the sword, in the hand of one 
mm. which constitutes the best definition of tyranny which 
our language can give. 

Dr.ATi Up — IS'cver cry for spilt milk. If you have done 
wri>ng, or niide a miscalculation, bn more careful in future. I 
You have taken a leap in the dark, and plunged in the 
hiMdle of the ditch. Fool that you- are to remain. Out with ] 
you like a man. To lanieni tint yon were incons derate and I 
h isty wdl not help you out, or in.il<e your siluaiion more! 
ciirnfirtablc. (y.ill for help, and i)(;oj)le wdl lauijh at you as! 
they pass on. The^nly course fir you is to get out of your 
situation the best way you cin and when you are out aty as- 
Utile abjut the matter as pj^ible. 'i'he reason why thousands 



perish on the threshold of life, is heranse they are not pliiIii«o- 
phcrs enough to bear with inainanimitv the little trials ami 
fierplexities which, by careles ness and indiscretion, lliey 
have hrou'jht upon themselves. They go about from one to 
another, and relate their mishaps, when they shoul 1 wrar a 
bright face and kerp up good spirits, ami expert better lurk 
in future. There never lived a man who never saw a dark 
day, and whose path was not at limes fdled with thorns. 

Look about yc, ye men of little faith, and resolve, come 
what may, to rise from your despondency. Up — out of thi 
ditch — and la.x your powers to the utmost of your ability- 
Ne^er lag — never remain where you are — but push fiirwa'd 
— rise higher — and you will yet be something in the world. 
You can win honors — make your fortunes, and die in peace 
with the world. Will you do it ! 



THE OREGON QUESTION SETTLED. 

The following speech made by some western a-jacks, 
settles the question about Oregon at once. It is a!iout at 
good as one half the speeches made on that subject. 

«' Whar, I say, whar is the individual who would give up 
the first frtot, the first outside shadow of a foot, of the great 
Oiegon ! There aim no such individual. 'I'aik about treaty 
occupations to a country over which the great American 
eagle has fiown ! I scorn treaty occupations; d — n trea'y 
occu[)ation ! Who wants a parcel of low-flung "outside 
barbarians" to go in cahoot with us, and share alike, a piece 
of land that always was and always will be ours! No!>>ilv. 
t'ome people talk as though they were affecrd of Enclund, 
Who's affeerd 1 Haven't we lick'd her twice, and can't wo 
lick her agin ? Lick her ! yes ; just as easy as a bar can 
slip down a fresh peeled saplin. Some skeery fdks talk 
about tlie navy of England: but who cares for the navy? 
Others say she is the mlftra^s of the ocean. Supposin she 
is — aint we the masters ot it 1 (.'an'l we cut a canal from 
the Missis-ippi to the .VTammoih Cave of Kentucky, turn all 
the water into it, and dry up the d — d ocean in three vvcekaT 
Whar, then, would be the navy ! It would be no wharf 
There never would have been any .Atlantic Ocean if it hadn't 
been fir the Mis-issippi, nor nevur will be after we've turned 
the waters of that bi'^ drink into the Mammoth Cave ! Whm 
that's done, you'll see all the sif-am .ships and iht-ir sail chip-i 
they splurge so much abnjt, lying high and d.-y, fl.itinderin' 
like so many turklcs leli ashore at lo.v tide. Thai's the way 
we'll fix'cm. Il7j'/.t affeerd!" 



28 



The Twelfth Month, or DECEMBER— 1845, 



Week 



High I Aloon \Moon''s\A!ipects of Planets i^\\ 



Sun 



Mioi 



Dayn I " '\H'ater.\/i. i^ S.\ Sis^tis | ui/ter AJiscd/aniei. \rs\rises S,' sffs.\ vnut/i. |<" 



Mond 


1 Longinus 


3 43 7 14 


m 10 


^ sets 7 34 


117 184 42 2 619 


Tues 


2 Candidas 


4 28 8 2G 


m26 


(/$ D 


107 194 41 3 620 


Wed 


3 Cassianus 


5 12 9 30 


fh^O 


c/-b 2), AliotbsSG 


107 20 1 40 4 221 


Thur 


4 Barbara 


5 57 10 11 


f^2i 


^ South G 29 


9 7 20 1 40, 4 5022 


Frid 


5 Abigail 


6 35 11 5S 


S< 8,^ 5th, 4 s. 9 17 


97 214 S9' 5 4623 


Satur 


S Nicholas 


8 2 morn 


Si 22 J^/c/cTD ' 97 214 39! 6 3524 



49.) 2d Sunilay in Advent. 



Luke 21. 



Day's lenijili 9 hours 16 minutes. 



Sund 1 7 Ajrathon 



9 16 



Mond; 8 Con. V.Mary 40 30 



Tues 
Wed 
Thur 
Frid 



9 Joachim 

10 Jlidith 

11 Barsabas 

12 Olilia 



Satur 13 Lucy 



11 oS 
I morn 
il2 25 

I 1 ^ 
1 47 



12 58!,^«j 5 c/ ip ]), <? sets 9 2 | 8 7 22 4 

2 1 ^ 18 Arietess.8 55 87 224 

3 G^ Id'^D, Ald.sll 18i 7i7 234 

4 G^ 14f^gr. elong. E. ' 7|7 23 4 

5 6^,26 Atair sets 8 57 ?f 6 7 23 4 

6 1;^ 9^:^7*'s. s. 10 17, 6 7 244 

244 



rises .7^21^/1 3th, $ s. 8 61 5i7 



38 7 
38 8 
37' 8 
37 9 
37 10 
3611 



23 
11 

59 

48 
38 
27 



25 

26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
36 morn 1 



50.) 3cl Sunday in Advent. 



Matt. 11, 



Day's length 9 hours 12 minutes. 



Sund 14 Wash'n.diedl 2 24; 5 42*^ 3 1^ sets 8 37 



Mond 15 Ignatius 
Tues 16 Ananias 
Wed 17 Ember day 
Thur 18 Arnold 
Frid 19 Abraham 
Satur 20 Amnion 



2 59, 6 35-^. 15:1^ stat. ,^ so. 6 9 

3 32 7 32 >«^ 27 i) in apogee 

4 6i 8 28!^ 8^ stationary 

4 40| 9 25 c^ 20 Arietes s. 8 10 

5 14110 22^ 2|^incQ„d'? 1^ 
5 51ill 19sll 141$ gr. elong. E. 



57 2ri 3612 16 
4 7 25[4 S5\ 1 4 
4 7 254 35: 1 51, 
3 7 25 4 35 2 37 
3 7 254 35 3 21, 
2 7 254 35i 4 4i 
2 7 254 35 4 46 



51.) 4lh Sunday in Advent. 



John 1. 



Day's lenirth 9 hours 10 minutes. 



Sund 21 
Mond 22 
Tues 23 
Wed 24 
Thur 25 
Frid 2G 
Satur 27 



Thomas 
Beat a 
Dagobort 
Adam, Eve 
Christmas 
Stephen 
John Evang. 



6 


36 


7 


31 


8 


40i 


10 


li 


11 


15 


12 


19 


1 


is: 



mornij^ 21\f^f^ Winter com. 
12 16 532 lO^^L Ald.s. 10 21 

1 -^zh'^2:h sets 8 6 

2 2iqfl^ 5?s. 8 23, ^ in peri. 

3 30 c^, 19Rooulusr.8 57X<^| 

4 36, si^ 3,>istat. Sir. r. 7 13j 

5 42,#^18!rn.d'^O.^nOr^l 



^17 

17 
17 
27 



52.) Sunday after Christmas. 



Luke 2. 



Sund 28 
Mond 29 
Tues 30 
Wed ,31 



Innocents 
Noah 
David 
Silvester 



2 


2\ 


2 


47! 


3 


30 


1 


11 



sets 1.;^ S'4f!!\ 28th, c/? D 
5 o.) 
7 11 
^) 21 



^ 18X^])inp.^s.5 45. 
^ 34 s. 7 19 I 



Day's length 9 

217 
217 
3,7 
37 



25 4. 

25 4 
25 1 
25 4 
25 4 
25 4 
25 4 

hours 

25^ 

211 

21. I 
214 



5 29 

6 14 

7 1 

7 51 

8 15 
35| 9 12 
35' 10 43 



35 
35 
35 
35 
35 



10 iniiuilHs. 

35 1 Vuf 
3G12 48 
SG 1 48 
3fS 2 46 



9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
\5 

]G 
17 

IS 
19 



Has 31 Dnys. 



29 



MOON'S PHASES. 

Piral Qunrirr the 5f/i, at f) n'docli 51 minutes, in the 
rfttrnii'in. 

Full Mijon the 13 A, al 1 o'c/ock 4'2 minriles, in the 
rf crniion, 

Liisl Quarter the 31s/, at C li'dock 26 minutes, in the 
aflcrntiiin. hi.,! 

yttti Mi'iin the 28/h, al 5 iJ' clock 51 minutes, in /Ac'[lji!ill|^ 
af/€rnu(in. 



F!T,C"-7 





THAT 8AME OLD 'KOON. 
Tt'NE — Woodland Mary.\ 

\''lieii Tyler fdiiml (he rrins of state 

8i> firm wiiliin his tvr.uit grusp. 
He chi'ckli'd Hi tlip cinirse of Cite, 

Ami tiion rcsolve<l the wliig.< to rasp, 
In r.iurse of time the \elo cauie, 

Iiifl itfd like a huge hulloon — 
The ciiptdn Ihnujlii while he diil reiyn, 

llc'd hum liil death, '• that same old 'koon." 

" That SHRic old 'koon" sat looking on. 

And secrn'il tn ponder o'er this .-ceiie ; 
lie woiyleiM nuK-h .iiid studied li'ng, 

V\ iiy John did with Ihc locoj leuii. 
'I'he viiriniiit lhous;lit Jdui'.- h»;ij was crack'J, 

Or he'd been stricken l<y ih** moiiii ; 
Of sensi> tie knew John's head iiitich lackM, 

'i'o itiMik he'd kill " that saoic old 'koon." 

c* 



But John with this was not content. 

More vpioes he must give his friendf ; 
His perfidy must have free vent, 

(.'oiruiit and vicir.us were his end?. 
Tlie Wolf, clothed like a shot p. came forih, 

Aunin he pliy'd the scll-famc tune; 
From East to West, from i^outh to North, 

He'd hunt till death "that same old 'koon.' 

A frailcr^s mad career is short — 

He soon hcconies despised hy all — 
John 'I'yler though within his fort. 

Wi I witness soon a tyrant's fall, 
HiB merciless proscription told, 

Too well how soon would be his doom ,* 
The people, now, will soon behold. 

His duwiifail hy "ihat same old "koon" 

\Vhig<l to your posts — lift \)p your voico. 

You'll yet heh.old a joyful day ; 
Let all ihrouglioiit the land rejoice, 

And shout aloud for Henry Clay I 
For Henry Clay, the people's man, 

Prosperity will he the boon, 
Defi-at the Loco-Tyler clan — 

Hurrah, hoys, for '' that came old koon.'' 



^Vlro Can Vole For ESciiry CSayl 

The OLD DEMOCRATS, of ISii, can vote for him, 
f i he was the grml (Jhainpion of the Democratic party on 
the (loor of Congress, and tsilenced the batteries of the Essck 
Junto hy his all-powerful eloquence, and rebuked such men 
as .Martin ^"an Duren, who sought hy an alliance wit'n the 
Hartford ('onvention Federalists, to d(featt/ie clccliun (if Ihat 
pure /lalrinl JA.ME8 .MADISO.N. 

The FIUEND.S OF LIBERTV. every where, can vote 
for him, for it wa.H hi« voiee that was hcird in the Halls of 
("ongress, in favor of South .\inerican and Grecian Inde- 
[lendence. 

'Jhe hunf.'l, patient GE RM AN8 can vote for him. fr>r he is 
the advocate of ihcu ')e«i intert-iiis, and the eiilojist of iheir 
frugal hahiis. tiuir jcureful quietude, and then Ijve of /i6er/y, 
law. Olid 'irdir. 

The FKIE.N'DS OF IKELAXD, cjn vo:« for l.i n, for 



30 



The National Claj Almanac. 
{' 



he has rver bten the aJvocate of Irishmrn, likening them in 
his ft'rviil eloquence to his own warm-hearted Kentuckians. 

The FKIEND3 OF SOUND CURRENCY, will vote 
for him, for he it wa- that perfected the soundest currency on 
pjrth, and vvilhstooi^i the clamor of demagogues to preserve it. 

The FRIENDS OF [lOME INDUSTKV, will support 
him, for it ia hi< glory to give ii.dusiry its ample reward, by 
removing from it foreign pauper comix-tiiion. 

The MECHANIC will vote for him, for it is the policy 
of HENRV CLAV, to give full employment to every hand, 
and every lever, and every screw, and every wheel in the 
land, by creating full employment and {^oud puy, in goad 
jiionri/. 

The FARMER will support him, for it is his policy that 
will create a IIi)me Market, and thereby increase the /jrojila 
of his hibinir, and the value of his lands. 

LAbOREKH of all kinds will support him, for he it is 
that will protect them from the pauper labor of Europe, and 
enable then) to support themselves and families with care and 
independence. 

• Finnlly, the PEOPLE of every condition of life, will sup- 
port him, as their best, truest, and Jirmest friend, and they 
will elect him ton by a majority exceeding that which passed 
sentence of condemnation upon Martin Van Bnrcn in 1840. 
The Innner of the people is already unfurled to the bioeze, 
and upon it is inscribed in letters of light the YICTORV 
FOR CLAV in 1>14, s/ta// and will be greater than that 
for Harrison In 1810. 

HURRAH FOR HARRY CLAY!! 



.America on the shores of Europe, instead of beini; from Eu- 
rope to America, every American emigrant to Ireland woulJ 
find, as every Irish emigrant here finds, a hearty welcome 
and a happy home." 

HENRY CLAY AND FRELINGHUYSEr*. 

Our country's flag aloft we raise. 

Our hopes now high are upwards rising : 
In burning words it ihere display 

'I'he names of Clay and FiiELi:<GiiuTf»r.!i. 

To free our land from folly's sway. 

All freemen now wiih zeal are striving ; 

Our foremost champion's Henry Clay, 
Our second man is Frelinghuyeen. 

With f^reedom's cry our land is rife. 
In tones which echo round th' horizon. 

Her watchwords in the coming strife, 
.•\rc Henry Clay and Frclinghuysen. 

Ah ! Matty's in a horrid way — 

His porridge all is turned to " pizen'' — 

For every where the jicople s.iy. 

We go for Clay and Frelinghuysen. 



MR. CLAY AND NATURALIZED CITIZENS. 

The enemies of Mr. Clay take great pains to excite the 
ho«ii ity of our adopted citizen^ against him. The following 
sentiments, avowed in the Senate of the Union, February .T, 
I '■32, with no motive but to utter the opinions and feelings 
by^Fhich he has always been governedj arc of much more 
value than the "public opinion" that is made for special oc- 
casions : 

"The honest, patient, and industrious German readily 
unites wiih our peojile, establishes himself on some of our 
flai linds, filU his capacious barn, and enjoys in tranquility 
the abundant fiuils which diligence gathers around him, 
iilways ready to lly to the standard of his adopted country 
or its laws, when called by the duties of patriotism. The 
gay, tlie versaiile, ihe philoso(iliir Frenchman, accommodating 
himself cheerfully to all the vicissitudes of life, ircorporalcs 
himsrlf without diHiculty in our snciely. Hut of all foreign- 
ers, none amalgamate themselves so (juickly with our people 
as the Irishmen. In some of the visions which have passed 
throu^'h my imagination, I have supposed that Ireland was 
originally part and parcel of this continent, and that by some 
oxiranrdmary convulsion of naluro, it was lorn from .America, 
and, drifting across the ocean, it was placed in the vicinity of 
(iteat Hritain. The same opcn-heartedness ; the same care- 
less and uncalculating indilTerence about human lifi-, charac- 
terize llu- inbabilanl-» of boih countries. Kentucky hassonje- 
tiinesbeen called iho Inland of .America. I have no doubt 
tliai if the ruru'nl of cnii ration weie reversed and set from 



Ki.s8i?f(i. — Some one, we don't know who. »ays, that erpr 
since Jacob kissed Rachel at the well, kissing has been a 
token of love between the se.\es. 

This is a fact which we are called upon to witness almost 
every day, though the philoso|)hy of the matter we can never 
understand. True, we are not so phlegmatic as to say thai 
we never felt a strange thrill trembling throuph every nerve, 
when our lips have met somebody's, yet why the simple 
meeting of lips should cause exquisite pleasure, we never 
could divine. In all ages of the world, from the lime Jacob 
made the discovery of the virtues that reside in two lipt, 
until the present generation, kissing has been considered one 
of the chief blessings of life. To render kissing truly de- 
lightful, however, the lips that meet must be those of men 
and maidens. For those of one sex lo kiss each otlur. it it* 
too much (to use the classical future of a certain young I idy) 
like inusii and johimy-cake. ^'et so fond ore the ladies, 
geiierallv, of this deliglitfiil exercise, and its thrilling enjoy- 
ment, that you will find them, on all suitable occasions, kiss- 
ing each otlier — while they iii.aginc the warm lijis that press 
theirs to be the lips of some true lover " that's far, far away." 

Poets in all ages have sung of the rapturous delights of 
kissing. A certain one — we do not know bis name — inflile 
a line of poetry between every kiss his sweetheart gave hiin. 

•' What's ix * N.vmk?" — A chap up in Iowa, by tne 
name of New, recently got married, and being somewhat of 
a facetious turn of minil, named his first born • Somethiii>;,' 
which of course was Something New. His second was 
christened ' Nothing,* it being .Nothing New. 



The National Clay Almanac. 



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WHIG SONG. 
Tune — " Yankee Dood/c.''^ 

Come all yc. good true liparlcd \\'liigs, 

To me I priiy draw iicnr, sir, 
I'll tell to you as slick a l:ile, 

As ever you did hear, sir. 

^"ankec-doodle is the tune, 
W'e like to hrar it chini'd, sir, 

Thfi NA'higs lie ready on their arms. 
They're loaded, cock'd and priin'd.eir. 

They havcresolvM iliat Henry Clay, 

Their President ^liall lie, sir, 
The Loeos they divided are, 

And never can agree, sir. 
Yankee-doodle, &c. 

Some go for Johnson, some for ('ass, 

f^ome Johnny C (Calhoun, sir. 
Some go for this, and sume for that, 

•So i.e turn to our Okl ('oon, sir. 
Yankee-doodle, &:c. 

The wise ones say th:\i little Van, 

Must he iheir candidnte, sir, 
The \\ liigs will row him out of siglit, 
• And leave him to his fate, sir. 
• Yankee-doodle, &c. 

On Jackson's merit once he ran, 

That time he c/irinr'r/ in go, sir, 
Nrxt time Ik; rati upon his own, 

His cake turn'd out all dough, sir. 
Vankee-doodle, &.c. 

" Old Tip," he heat him out of sight, 

As plainly may he seen, sir, 
Out of the six and twenty Stales, 

He g;iin'd exact nine;ccn, fiir. 
Yankee-doudlc, Jtc. ■• 



The rest remain'd for little Van, 
In truih they look'd quite small, sir, 

The majority iu eacli was chm, 
Kentucky beat them flll, sir. 
Yankee-doodle, &c. 

They say he now must run again, 

Against Kentucky's son, sir, 
The Locos sure have crazy grown, 

'J'hey know he cannot run, sir. 
Yankee-doodle, (Sec- 
Old Jackson's crutches he has lost. 

His piops are knock'd away, sir, 
To run alone he never can. 

He'll surely lose the day, sir. 
Yankee-doodle, &c. 

A shad miglft ju'st as well pretend. 

To climh a hickory pole, sir. 
And mount tail foremost to the tip. 

As Van to get control, sir. 
Yankcc-doodlc, &c. 

So now turn out ye gallant \^'higa, 

There's little in our vi^ay, sir. 
We'll clear the track from end to end. 

For good old HvuHY Clat, *ir. 
Yankee-doodle, &c. 

If llie Locos do not strike tlieir flag, 

'I'heir timheris we will shiver : 
We'll land them all hoth high and dry, 

At the head of old Salt river. 

Yankee-doodle i* the tune, 

We like to hear it chim'il, sir, 
The Whigs lie ready on their arm*'. 

They're loaded, cocked and prim'd, sir. 

A>':» v.xATiov. — It is a singular fact, that the single l.tdipe 
of the North are all in favor of anuexatinn to a mun, and. 
aro not disposed to postpone nciion upon the suhjeci eithe/'. 
'J'heir motto is '• liberty and union, one and insrpuruble, now 
and forever.'' 

HENRY CLAY. 

The great — the wise — the virtuoiis — n//they say 
In Tiote's dread proi;iess, die, and turn lo Clay ! 
A dying nation siiall the couiin<M)t uive, 
She turns to C/uy, — but turns to C/ai/ to live. 

WhifofColonel Johnson was on a vi«it to Pennsylvnnia, 
he WIS asked what opmion he entert.iincd of Henry Ciny. 
Hw reply was " As an orator and a statemnan, he i.s ojie of 
the gredtcsi men living." 



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The Xational Clay Almanac. 




THE TREATY' TKi:i:. 

" But ihon, broad Elm I Canst ihon tell ns nought 
or forest (Jhit'ft:iin«, anil their vunisliM tribes? 

Hastthoii no record lefl 

Of pori^hM {generations, o'er whose hend 
Thy folia'e droop'd ! — thou who shndovved once 
'J'he re»erM Founders of our honour'd State." 
The slip of ihis vcnmhle tree is filled with lor.il impres- 
sion*. 'I'lie tree itsrlf, nr..ri';it ma'^iiiindn ntiil fjreat ane, wnx 
of ino<t im|>i<-9'<ivc< aranil<'iir. Oth"! rities of our Union have 
litd iheir con-'«"c-ri«t<v1 trwp ; und his'orv al»ftnn<li« with ihigp 
wliich .s^jria.! in arborescent gloty, and claiincJ ilicir rtiiowii 



both from ihe pencil and the historic muse. Such h.ive been 
" the royal oak,"' iSha'vspeare's " mulberry tree," itc. 

" From his toucli-wood tnink the mulberry tree 
Supplied such relies as devotion holds 
Still sacred, and preserves with pious care." 
In their stale of lofty aiicl silent cmndt ur they iniprft s a 
soothinp influence on the soul, and lesd out the medi«flt'v« 
iirfhd to enlarcement of conception und thought. On such a 
npnt, Penn. with apjiroprijite acuium, selcitcd his trenly 
i:round.. '("here loni? stood the st.iicly witness of the solemn 
cMpnuiit — a lasiina pinhlem of Ihe uiibroken faith, " pledged 
witiiout an oath, an^rvt r broken I" 



The National Clay-Almayac. 



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The Treaty so madf on the 30lh iliiy of ihe 5ih mo., 1C85, 
was formrd with 8hakko;ipol», Si-cane, Maliborc, and Tan- 
gora8, Indian S.ikamakiTS, and rip;ht owners of llio lands 
lying; 111 Iwce II Macapaiiakan, alias Upland, now calleJ Ches- 
ter '{ivpr or Creek, and the River or Creek of Pernapecka, 
now called Du!)l:n Creek, bo^innini; at a hill railed Consho- 
hi'ckiii (at present liy Matson's lord) on the Uiver Manaiunk 

or Skoolkill, &c. &C.; then to go north-westerly 

b/ick into the wood:; — to make up two full days' journey, (i-i 
fur o-i a man run t^'i i>> />ct> cliii/s, from the said station of 
thf parallel line at Pemapecka, [lluis going or cxtendim; in 
effect liai-k to the Susquehanna River, and no further, at that 
lime, and in Iktil Treaty.] r^ Fur, and in cunsn/eratiun, 
[we feel almost ashamed to name it!] of 200 fathoms of 
wa-npum, 30 fathoms of dullels, 30 guns, 60 fathom.'! of 
Btrawcd waters, 30 ketilcs, 30 shirts, 20 gun-belts, 12 pair of 
shoes. 30 pair of stockings, 30 pair of scissors, 30 combs, 30 
axes, 30 knives, 20 tobacco loni;s. 30 bars of lead, 30 pounds 
of powder, 30 awls, 30 gUsses. 30 tobacco boxes, 3 pajiers of 
beads, 4 1 pounds of red lead, 30 pair of hawks' bells, C di aw- 
ing knives, G caps, 12 hoes: Do by these presents grant, 
bargain and sell. &c., all right, title and interest, t/tnf ive or 
nnif nt Iters shall or niai/ claim in the same, — hereby renounc- 
ing and disclaiming lor ever any claim or pretence to the pre- 
mises, y^jr u.s, our heirs, and successors, and all other Indians 
wlijisoever. The \vhol« is signed by queer marks and wit- 
n«t>sed by seven Indians andv^ight white men — citizens. 

M'utson's Annuls of Philadelphia. 



THE LAXDIXG OF PENX AT THE BLUE ' 
ANCHOR TAVERX. 

Here memory's spell wakes up the throng | 

Of past alfecuon — here our fathers trod ! 

The general voice of mankind has ever favoured the con- ' 
secration of places hallowed by the presence of personages I 
oriuinating great epochs in history, or by events giving re- 
nown to nations. The landing place oi" Columbus in our I 
western world is corscerntcd and honouied in Havana; and ! 
the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth is commemorated 
by festivals. We shoul.l not be less disposed to emblazon ' 
with iU just renown the place where Penn, our honoured) 
founder, first set his foot on the soil of our beloved city The [ 
siie and all its environs were abundantly picturesque, and i 
facts enough of the primitive scene have descended to us, , 

'' E'en to replace again | 

The features as they knew them then." I 

Facts Kiill 11^ to revive nnmero-js local impression*, and ' 

to oiinect the heajt and the imagination with the past,— to '■ 

lead out the miiiiij in vivid conceptions of i 

" Ht^the n^ce look'd wheir'lwas fresh and young." ' 
Penn and his immediate friends came up in an open boat \ 
or barge I'min Ciiester; and because of ihe then peculiar tit- ■ 
ness, as- a landing place." of the "low and sandy beach.'" i 
at the debouche of the onco beautiful and rur.d iJo'ck Creek. 
Ihey there came to the shore by the side of Uue.si's new house, • 



then in a state of buildin;?; the same known in the primitive 
annals as " the Blue Anchor 'I'avern." 

The whole scene was active, animating and cheering. On 
the shore were gathered, to cheer bis arrival, most of the few 
inhabitants who had preceded him. The busy builders who 
had been occupied at the constructitm of Guest's house, and 
at Ihe coRiieciing line of Budd's Long Row, nil forso.ik their 
labours to join in the general greetings. The Indiana, ton, 
aware by previous signals of his approach, were seen in Ihe 
throng, or some, more reservedly apart, waited the sabiiation* 
of the guests, while others, hastening to the scene, could be 
seen paddling their canoes down the smooth waters of the 
creek. 

\Vhcre the houses were erecting, on the line of Front 
Street, was the low sandy beach ; directly south of it. on the 
opposite side of the creek, was tiie grassy and wet soil, fruit- 
ful in whortleberries; beyoml it was the " Society Hill." 
having its summit on Pine Street, and rising in graceful 
grandeur from the precincts of Spruce Street, — all then robed 
in the vesture with which nature most charms. Turningour 
eyes and looking northward, wc sec similar rising ground, 
presenting its summit above VVrtliiut Street. Looking across 
the Dock Creek westward, wc see all the margin of the creek 
adorned wiih every grace of shrubbery and foliage, and be- 
yond it, a gently sloping descent from the line of Sirond 
Street, whereon were hutted a few of the native's wigwaln^, 
intermixed among ihe shadowy trees, A bower near there, 
and a line of deeper verdure on the ground, marked "the 
spring," where " the Naiad weeps her emptying urn." I'p 
the stream, meandering through " proxli'y of shade;'' where 
" willows dipt their pendent boughs, stooping as if to diink," 
we perceive, where it traverses Second Street, the lowly 
shelter of Drinker, the anterior lord of Dock Creek; and be- 
yond him, the creek disappears in intervening trees, or in 
mysterious windings. 

'J'hat scenes like these are not fanciful reveries, indu'gvd 
without t leir suliicient warrant, we shall now endeavour to 
-show from sober facts, deduced from various items of infor- 
mation, to wit : 

Mr. Samuel Richards, a Friend, w^ho died in 1827, at about 
the age of 50, being himself born and residing all his (lays 
next door to the Blue Anchor Tavern, w.is very competent to 
judge of the verily of the tradition concerning the landing. 
He fully confided in it; he had often heard of it from the 
aged, and never iieard it opposed by any. His filher before 
him, who had dwelt on the same premises, assured him it was 
so, and that he had heard it direct lb rough the preceding oc- 
cupants of the Inn. All the earliest keepers of the Inn were 
Friends; such was Guest, who was also in the first Assembly; 
he was succeeded by Reese Price, Peter Howard, and Ucnja- 
min Humphries, severally Friends. ,M1 these in succession* 
kept alive the tradition that " when Penn first came to the 
city he came in a boat from Chester, and landed near their 
door." Ii was then, no doubt, the readiest means of Irans- 
poriatiori, and w (mid have been a highly proli.tble measure, 
«rven if we had ne^er heard ot the ab<)Ve facts to confirm it. 

The aged Mrs. Preston, who was present on that occasion, 
used to say, she admired the afTsbility and condescensi-m of 
the Guvcriior, especially his manner of entering into t..esj.iiit 



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ami ('i','l:ri:» ot ihe liii!ian!< ; he walked with Ihrm, sit down 
on ilif c;riiuiiJ will) iliern, nte with ihcrn nfltieir roastpj aroriis 
nnd hoiiiiiiy. Wlion they got up to exercise nml express 
iheir joy liy hn|)|iiii^ niiil jiiinpin!^. i)e lifially sprung up, and 
heal ihetn all. I v\il| not pretend to vouch lor this story ; we 
give ii us wc received it from honest inf'oimatits, who ccrtniiily 
believed it themselves*. It was a measure hnrtnless in the ali- 
►trscl; and as a courtesy to the I:i<lians may h;iveliecn n fine 
i>tioke of polii-y in winning their regard. He was young 

.Piiout''! to have been tjay ; hein<r then only 38 years of ace 
And one of \he old Journalisis lias left on recoril.lhat he was 
naturally t"0 proiic to cheerfulness, for a ;.'rave [mhlic Friend, 
rspeeially in the eye of tliose of ihem who held " religion 
har-ih, intoleratil, austere." 

Penn was so pleased with the site of " the low sandy 
beach," as a landing place, (the rest of the river side heiii 
high precipitous banks.) that he made it a public Innuin 
place for ever in his original ciiv charier; and the little haven 
at the c-eek's niouth so pleased him, as a fit place for a har- 
bour fr)r ve.sscis in the winter, and a security from ihe driving 
ice, tliat he also appropriated so much of it as lay eastward 
of the l.itile Dock CiCfk to be a great dock for eier, to be 
deepened by dijiiinq; when needful. The waters there were 
much deeper ai tirst than in after years, a* the place cot fillrd 
up by the negligence of the citizens. Charles 'J'hompson. 
Esq., lidd me of his oficn seeing such vessels as sloops and 
schooners lading their flour for the West Indies on the sides 
nl the Do'-k Creek near to Second Street ; and a very accd 
informant (Mrs. Pi»vvell) hnJ seen a schooner once as high as 
fJirard's ba:di. (.'harles 'I'hotnson also told me of one family 
whose vessel wintered at the mouth of the creek. 

'i'lie original tavern, from its location, was ai first of first- 
rate consequence as a pl.ice of business. It was the proper 
key of the city, to which all new-comers resorted, and where 
nil itm dl vessels, conung with building limber from .lersey, 
&c., or with Iradic from Mew England, made Iheir ready 
landing. 'J'he house was also used as a public ferry, whence 
jieojile were to cross over Dock Oeek to Society Hill, before 
Hie cau<evvay and bridge over Fri)nt Street were I'ornied, ami 
also lo convey persons over to Windmill Island, where there 
was a windmill for grinding their grain, or to cross persmis 
and horjie.i over lo Jersey. It wa-<, in short, th'» busy mart 
for a few years of almost all the business the little lowii re- 
quired. 

'i'his landing house, called the Blue .\nchor, was the 
fiouiherntnost nf ten houses of like dimeiisinns. bogan about 
the same time, biuI called " Uudd's hring Row." 'i'hcy had, 
to the eye the appearance of brick houses, although they were 
acluallv tVained will) wo<)il, and fillfd in with small bricks, 
wcari^^g the ippearance ol hivinj^ been imported. .1. P. .\or:is 

d^.sq., h.is lold iiu' that he alw.iys understood from his ances- 
tors and others, ih it parts of the buddings, of most labour 
and most convenient truiis[iort:itton4, were brought oul in ihe 
first vessels, so us lo insure greater despatch in finishing a 
lew houses at le.ist f<»r indispensable purpi»-e«. J^ruud's 
history informs us, that the h mso of Guest was the ntosi 
finished bouse in the city when Peiin uMivcd ; and all tra- 
<lition has di->ij;naied the Blue Anchor as the first house 
built in Philadelphia ; (rom this cause, when it was " pulled 



ilown In builil greiiei," F preserved some of its limber as a|>- 

[iropriale reljc-woof^. This littlqilouse. although sufficienllv 

large in its day, was but about twelve feet front on Front 

Street, and about Iwentv-two frcl on Dock Street, having a 

1 wiling of about eight and a half feet in height. 

I " 'J'he spring," in a line due west from this house, on the 

opposite bank of the creek, was long after a great resort for 

liking in water for vessels going to sea, and had bien in 

actual use by some aged persons siill alive in my lime, wha 

'described it as a jdace of great rural beauty, shaded with 

shrubbery and surrounded with rude sylvan seats. 

Ijiltic Dock ('reek, diverging to the souihwe-l, had an open 
passage for canoes anil baiteaux as high as St. Peter's 
church, ihroush a region long lying in ccmmons, naMiral 
sluubbery, and occasional forest trees, left so standing, l>>nij 
after the city, northward of Dock Creek, was in a state of 
' improvement. 

' 'J'he cottage of the Drinker family, pccn up the main or 
north-we tern Dock Creek, located near the south-west 
corner of Walnut and Second Sticet->. was ihe real p-innitive 
house of F'hiladelphia. 'Plie father of the celebrated E livard 
Drinker had settled there some years before Peiin's colonists 
came, and Edward himself was born there two years before 
that lime; he lived till after the war of Independence, and 
used to delight himself often in referring to localities where 
Swedes and Indians occasionally hutted, and also where 
Penn an<l his fiiends remained nt theii first Imding. 

It fully accords with my theories, fiom observaions on the 
case, that the creek water once overflowed the whol» m 
I .Siiruce Street, from Second Street to the river, and that iu 
ontlet exten<bd in a soulh-enslwadiy direction along the base 
of Society Hill, till its sonthenimo.st exiremiiy j nned ihe 
Delaware nearly as fir siuih as Union St eel. I think the.so 
ideas are supported by ihe fact, which I have ascertai'ied, 
that all the houses on the southern siile of Sp.uce S net, 
have occasionally water in their cellar-, aiul al-o ihoseoii Um 
.east-side o( Front Street some distance below S|iruce SlreeU 
'3\Ir. Samuel Richards told me it was Ihe tradition of hi* 
fither and other aged persons about the Blue .\iuhi»r Tavern. 
tliat the ere k water incline.l originally much farther »oo'h- 
ward than Spruce Street. There was doubt!.-«s much width 
of watery surface once theie. as ii gave the idea to Penn of 
making it a great winter dock lot vessels. We know, indeed, 
thil CaptainliOxley, many yeais ago, was a!li>wid to ii>c iHe 
! public square, now on the site of the inleudi d do.k, in con- 
sideration of his filling up ihe whonlebirry «!wamp, Iwfore 
' there. — Walsun's Annuls, 

' Dr. Rush wa« once a^ked by a .student what per cent, ho 
ihou.'hl had been added to the' pe iod of human l.fe by the 
skill of praciiiioners of me.liciim; and he nn^Aeted. - If by 
I practitioners of medicine, you mean to include ..Id women aMA 
'nurses, I think t)io increase has been very cousiiRlfcfalo, mil 
ff you exclude ihcin, vciy little." 

^ 

In n discourse in behalf of a blind a-ylum, the speaker be- 
gan by gravely rcrna king, ' If all iho woild wcic blind, what 
a melancholy sig/tl it would be.' ^ 



ANATOMY or IVIAN S BODY 



AS SAID TO BE GOVERNED BY THE TWELVE CONSTELLATK 



•EMixr. 

;art, 
.EC. 

JDRA. 

AGITTARIUS. 



QLIARTUS, 

e Foot, 
ISCES. 




The 1 
{?« ARI 

Neck, 
^TAURUS. 

Breast, 
)^ CANCER. 

Bowels, 
^ VIRGO. 

Secrets. 
cf^ SCORPIO. 

Knees, 
i^ CAPRICORN. 



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